Vietnam is the land of staggering, natural beauty and cultural complexities of dynamic megacities and hill tribes’ villages. Vietnam is both exotic and compelling and has become one of Southeast Asia’s premier travel destinations.
With a plan to make Vietnam one of the most popular outbound destinations for Indian travelers in the coming years, the 9-member delegation of travel experts from India recently conducted a FAM trip co-hosted by One Above DMC and VietJet Air.
Members of the fam trip are founders and directors of leading tour operators in Mumbai, specializing in luxury tours, high-end tours, MICE, FIT, and leisure comprising One Above, In Time, Tourister, Vinaayak Holidays, Kesari Travels, Jain & Jain Travels, Whiteboard, Plutus Voyages and Digital Travellers (media) experienced the best of Vietnam.
The aim was to showcase beautiful cities; covering Hanoi, Cat Ba Island, Halong, Hanoi, Da Nang, Sai Gon along with its diverse tourism products and services, and promote the MICE and wedding destinations to India. The delegation experience one of the most iconic and luxurious properties in Vietnam like Flamingo Dai lai resort, JW Marriot Hanoi, Flamingo Cat Ba Beach Resort, Sheraton Hotel Hanoi, Furama Resort Danang, Pullman Saigon Hotel, MGalery Saigon Hotel. Among the activities, they explored the most instagrammable locations like Paradise Explorer Cruise along beautiful landscapes of Halong, the landmark of Ba Na Hills, Golden Bridge, Hoi An Ancient Town tour and much more.
The Indian delegates, welcomed by the Vice Chairman of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism at the VNAT head office, met the Director of Quang Ninh Tourism to discuss possibilities and opportunities to increase tourism from India to Vietnam.
The delegates were also hosted by the Da Nang Tourism Board led by Deputy Director of Tourism for Da Nang City – Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh, Ms. Mai Thi Thanh Hai, and supported by many hoteliers from the city.
“This Fam trip surveyed Vietnam’s tourism – an opportunity to strengthen connectivity and exploit the Indian market. We can feel the keenness of Vietnam in approaching and marketing to India and we are also enthusiastic in promoting this destination for the high-income spenders.” Said Rahim Aslam, Director, and Founder, One Above DMC