Welcoming a group of Filipino tourists to spend the night in Ha Long Bay

On the morning of August 23, a group of 51 tourists from the Philippines led by Mr. William S. Cezar, Mayor of Rosales Municipality, Pangasinan, Philippines, arrived in Ha Long to experience overnight activities on Ha Long Bay. The delegation was welcomed by leaders of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Tourism and representatives of travel agencies.

Leaders of Quang Ninh Department of Foreign Affairs presented flowers to the tourist group.

During the trip to Vietnam, the delegation spent 2 days and 1 night on the Catherine Cruise to explore and experience resort tourism activities in Ha Long Bay. Leaders of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Tourism of Quang Ninh and representatives of travel agencies presented flowers to welcome the delegation and provided information promoting Quang Ninh tourism to the members of the delegation. This is also one of the activities to concretize the friendly relationship between Vietnam, the Philippines, as well as Quang Ninh - Cebu, through the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Alliance (EATOF).

The delegation was warmly welcomed upon arrival in Ha Long.

In an effort to expand the international tourist market, the Southeast Asian market, including the Philippines, is one of the markets that Quang Ninh tourism has been actively exploiting in recent times, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, this is also the first group of visitors, concretizing the cooperation program to expand tourism routes between Vietnam and the Philippines after Quang Ninh welcomed a famtrip group of 37 Philippine units and businesses operating in the field of travel and tourism on August 1, to research and learn about Quang Ninh tourism and tourism cooperation opportunities between the two sides.

The group left Tuan Chau port on the Catherine cruise.

In the first 7 months of 2024, tourist destinations in Quang Ninh province welcomed nearly 13 million visitors, an increase of 20% over the same period last year. Of which, over 2.2 million were international visitors, equivalent to the number of international visitors in the whole year of 2023. The province is currently striving to welcome 19 million domestic and international visitors in 2024.

Hang Ngan

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