Last July, officials from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in Viet Nam met with representatives of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism to further promote bilateral cooperation in tourism and other areas. Both Viet Nam and Cambodia seek to link the port of Kampot in Cambodia with Phu Quoc in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, for starters—tapping the high demand for Cambodia tours from Viet Nam-based tourists.
And in Kunming, the recent China International Travel Mart saw deeper ties being developed between China and Laos through the China-Laos
Railway and its many travel opportunities. Beyond accelerating the development of regional trade, the new railway line also promotes the formation of a large regional tourism market. Its potential can be seen in the 4.11 million passengers transported over the route in its first seven months alone!
In the recent meeting between Thai Prime Minister and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both agreed upon greater trade, economic cooperation, investment, and connectivity, which will build a community with a shared future, and make it the goal and vision for the development of bilateral ties.
With the coming Mekong Tourism Forum opening in Hoi An, Viet Nam in October, we’re excited to see what other cross-border tourism partnerships are in the offing. Stay tuned!
About the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office
The iconic Mekong River unite the six nations that make up the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The governments of Cambodia, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces in China (PRC), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam established the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) in 2006 as a tourism collaboration framework to coordinate activities that boost tourism's contribution to inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainability in the GMS. MTCO’s work is guided by the GMS Tourism Working Group (TWG), which is made of senior representatives of the National Tourism Organizations (NTOs) of the six member countries.
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