Despite its new establishment, the tourism promotion center (TPC) under Binh Dinh Department of Tourism has initially contributed to the development of Binh Dinh tourism. Huynh Cao Nhat, TPC director, talks more about the tourism promotion in the coming time.
Q: What do you think about TPC's operation recently?
A: After being established, TPC has strengthened the organisation and cooperated with relevant bodies to further the promotion via mass media, introducing the potential of Binh Dinh tourism.
Also, to help tour operators in Binh Dinh establish the relationship with partners, TPC held some training courses for their staff and assisted them in joining seminars and fairs.
Its operation in the past time helped domestic and foreign tourists and travel agencies know more about Binh Dinh's land and people. However, the promotion hasn't been highly effective owing to its new establishment.
Q: Could you tell me about some TPC's main activities in the coming time?
A: At present, we plan to have some publications printed for Tay Son-Binh Dinh Festival, including the "Binh Dinh tourism handbook" and documentaries to introduce landscapes and cultural and historic monuments in Binh Dinh.
We also build a plan to aid provincial travel agencies to join some tourism exhibitions, Vietnam Tourism Property Opportunities Conference and Exhibition 2008, international tourism exhibition in HCM City, and Hue Festival.
A seminar on the tourism development cooperation with Kon Tum province and South provinces of Laos is also expected to take place this year.
A program to promote Binh Dinh tourism for the 2008-2015 period is being planned, let alone training courses for those who work in the field of tourism.
Q: How will TPC contribute to Tay Son-Binh Dinh Festival?
A: We have well prepared for the festival with mentioned publications. We will also cooperate with the mass media to make Binh Dinh tourism and the festival become well known.
Volunteers and tour guides working at the festival plan to be trained in the earliest time.
Q: What do you expect for more effective tourism promotion?
A: At present, TPC needs more expenditure to effectively hold activities for the tourism promotion. Alongside this, the image of Binh Dinh's land and people and its tourism potential also need introducing on mass media.
The people's awareness of sustainable tourism development should be enhanced. This is really important and must be frequently done because it plays the core in the development of Binh Dinh tourism.
Provincial travel agencies are expected to be more active in attracting tourists to Binh Dinh. They need a close cooperation to intensify the tourism promotion.
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