Tourism Minister meets Ambassador of Vietnam
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Environment and Tourism
D.Sarangerel on September 22 met with Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Mongolia Doan Thi Huong
to exchange views on developing mutually beneficial cooperation in the spheres
of environment and tourism.
Over the recent years, Vietnam’s tourism industry has developed rapidly, reaching world standards. Specifically, thanks to the
decisive reform in its tourism industry in 2015, the country for the first time
in its history received 18 million foreign tourists in 2019, earning USD 28
billion tourism revenue.
Ambassador Doan Thi Huong said the elevation of bilateral
cooperation in tourism to a new level will open up more cooperation
opportunities and enhance bilateral economic and cultural cooperation as well.
She also noted that the bilateral tourism cooperation could be advanced with
the launch of direct flights between the two countries.
Commending Vietnam’s tourism sector reforms, Minister
D.Sarangerel expressed the hope that the sides will cooperate in increasing Vietnamese tourists visiting Mongolia. “Mongolia is seeking to learn from and
introduce the country’s tourism reforms such as issuance of e-visas.
Moreover, we would like to renew the agreement for tourism cooperation signed
between the two countries in 2005 with the inclusion of specific proposals and specification
of the role of businesses,” the Minister said, undertaking to address the issue
of direct flight by informing the relevant Ministry and Cabinet.
At the end of the meeting, the sides agreed to renew the cooperation
agreement in tourism sector established between the countries 15 years ago and exchange experience
in tourism development.