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Thursday, 17 February 2022

The 25th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers: Strengthening cooperation, exchanging information, promoting and revitalising tourism

Ministers/Deputy Ministers of ASEAN countries at the Meeting

The 25th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers kicked off on January 19th in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. This is an important activity within the agenda of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022.

The conference was chaired by the Cambodia’s Minister of Tourism, Mr. Thong Khon and Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mr. Sandiaga Uno, with the presence of Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Doan Van Viet, Chairman of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Mr. Nguyen Trung Khanh, with the Ministers of Tourism, leaders of tourism agencies of ASEAN countries, partners, international organisations, national and international press reporters.

Giving a speech at the conference, leader of the Vietnamese delegation, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Doan Van Viet shared burdens that the tourism industry has been facing during the past two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Deputy Minister highly appreciated the efforts that ASEAN tourism has made in the past year to complete and implement several projects and initiatives, contributing to the preparation for the recovery and development of the tourism industry in a comprehensive, sustainable and resilient way.

Deputy Minister Doan Van Viet called upon ASEAN Tourism Ministers and Heads of Delegations to strengthen cooperation and exchange of information for timely sharing exact new immigration, medical and safety regulations, ensuring the safest and most uniform conditions for tourism activities in the region. Simultaneously, working together to speed up the opening and promote international tourism at an appropriate time, depending on the conditions of each country.

“With the efforts we have made over the past two years, I am confident in the strong recovery of ASEAN tourism in 2022. In Vietnam, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will submit to Prime Minister a proposal about open the entire international tourism market plan on April 30th 2022’’. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Doan Van Viet indicated.

Deputy Minister Doan Van Viet added, in two years 2020 and 2021, because of the outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s tourism industry has been heavily affected. Vietnam has made many efforts to revive the tourism industry through the issuance of guidelines to ensure tourism safety; policies to support tourism businesses and workers; implement the plans to stimulate demand and restore domestic tourism. In particular, Vietnam has carried out a pilot plan to reopen international tourism since mid-November 2021. As of January 15th 2022, Vietnam has welcomed about 8,000 international arrivals after nearly two months of piloting. “We will continue to gradually open up international tourism, ensuring safety, flexibility and efficiency, and at the same time strengthen the implementation of communication, promotion and advertising activities under the theme “Live Fully in Vietnam’’. I hope to soon welcome ASEAN delegations to major tourism events in Vietnam in 2022, such as International Travel Fair (VITM) in Ha Noi and International Travel Expo (ITE-HCMC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Visit Vietnam Year 2022 in Quang Nam Province under the theme “Green Tourism Destination’’.

Further at the conference, the ASEAN Secretary General announced the results related to tourism at the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and related meetings held from October 26th, 2021. In which, the main points of the Conference include: reviewing the report of the meeting of ASEAN National Tourism Authorities; considering the Agenda of the Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers and 03 partner countries (China, Japan, Korea), meeting of ASEAN and India Tourism Ministers; information on the preparation of ATF 2023; joining in consultation with international organisations: the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC), ASEAN-Korea Centre, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), The ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA), ASEAN Tourism Research Association (ATRA).

In 2021, ASEAN has implemented variety online tourism promotion activities such as: designing new logo for ASEAN tourism (Tagline: A Destination for Every Dream), making clips promoting and renovating the website introducing ASEAN tourism; implementing the ASEAN Tourism Marketing Strategy for 2021-2025, focusing on online promotion on social networks such as Facebook, Instagram via campaigns to draw user interaction; Promotion campaigns have contributed in maintaining the image of ASEAN tourism and interacting with tourists at the idle time of international tourism due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new marketing strategy has been precisely adjusted based on the forecast trends post COVID-19 and the financial capacity of ASEAN. The strategy was discussed across the Working Group, the Tourism Competition Commission and the National Tourism Authorities. In 2020 and 2021, ASEAN has continued to develop a number of tourism standards as follows: (1) MICE and Event organisation standards; (2) Spa professions standards.

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Saturday, 5 February 2022

ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 comes to a close, opens up the new recovery for ASEAN tourism

Indonesia receiving ATF Plaque to host the
ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023

On 20th January, the closing ceremony ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 was held, which officially wrapped up 5 working days with active and effective activities.

The closing ceremony of ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 took place with the presence of Ministers, Deputy Ministers in charge of tourism, leaders of tourism authorities of ASEAN countries, partners, international organisations, national and international press reporters.

In the past few days, the Vietnamese delegation led by Mr. Doan Van Viet, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with Mr. Nguyen TrungKhanh, Chairman of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and leaders of the units have attended a series of meetings and side events of ATF 2022 such as: The 25th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers; The 21st Meeting of ASEAN+3 Tourism Ministers; The 9th Meeting of ASEAN - India Tourism Ministers; The 1st Meeting of ASEAN - Russia Tourism Ministers; the Meeting with international partner organisations; Bilateral meeting with Pacific-Asia Travel Association (PATA)...

This year, at the Forum, the Vietnamese delegation took part in TRAVEX 2022 with the Vietnam tourism booth under the slogan ‘Live Fully in Vietnam’ with the tourism brand identity ‘Vietnam - Timeless Charm’ promotes the images of 7 localities that are opening to international tourists.

At this year's award ceremony of ASEAN, 20 recipients of Vietnam was honoured in 4 categories: The 8th ASEAN Green Hotel Standard, The 3rd ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard, The 3rd ASEAN MICE Venue Standard (Category meeting room and Category exhibition venue) and The 3rd ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Award.

Especially, the Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Tourism in charge of ASEAN countries performed the ceremony to celebrate the reopening of ASEAN tourism. Along with that was the announcement ceremony of the new logo of ASEAN tourism with the tagline "A Destination for Every Dream". This is considered as a vital symbolic activity, marking a new beginning for ASEAN tourism, expressing the determination of ASEAN tourism leaders towards reopening international tourism and revitalising the tourism industry in 2022.

Giving a speech at the closing ceremony of ATF 2022, Cambodian Minister of Tourism, Mr. Thong Khon expressed his gratitude and appreciated the attendance of the Ministers, Deputy Ministers in charge of tourism, leaders of tourism authorities of ASEAN countries, partners, international organisations, national and international press reporters. At the same time, he showed his wish to strengthen the relationship among ASEAN countries to jointly restore, promote and develop ASEAN tourism.

Hereby, the host country of this year, Cambodia performed the Plaque Handover ceremony to Indonesia, who will host the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023.

The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 came to a close with a powerful message of determination to reopen ASEAN tourism with the goal of recovering and developing sustainably post COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, the new ASEAN tourism logo with the theme “A Destination for Every Dream” is precisely an affirmation of ASEAN as a safe and attractive destination for tourists around the world.

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Friday, 4 February 2022

ASEAN Tourism Awards honors 20 localities, tourism businesses of Vietnam

On 19 January, in Cambodia, the ASEAN Tourism Awards Ceremony took place within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet and Vietnam recipients

The ASEAN Tourism Awards is an annual event held to honor localities and tourism businesses with high-quality tourism products and services, contributing to the sustainable development of tourist destinations in ASEAN region. This is also an opportunity for tourism businesses as well as local tourism organizations to market their tourism products and contribute to promoting the national tourism brand.

At this year's award ceremony, Vietnam is honored to have 20 recipients:

1. The 8th ASEAN Green Hotel Standard

- H’Mong Village (Ha Giang Province)

- Vedana Lagoon Resort & Spa (Thua Thien Hue Province)

- Minera Hot Spring Binh Chau Resort (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province)

- Amiana Resort (Khanh Hoa Province)

- Can Tho Ecolodge (Can Tho City)

2. The 3rd ASEAN Clean Tourists City Standard

- Ha Long City (Quang Ninh Province)

- Da Lat City (Lam Dong Province)

- Vung Tau City (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province)

3. The 3rd ASEAN MICE Venue Standard

a. Category meeting room

- Aristo Hotel (Lao Cai Province)

- Flamingo Cat Ba Hotel & Resort (Hai Phong City)

- Silk Path Hue Hotel (Thua Thien Hue Province)

- Anya Quy Nhon Hotel (Binh Dinh Province)

- Pullman Vung Tau Hotel (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province).

b. Category exhibition venue

- Flamingo Dai Lai (Vinh Phuc Province)

- FLC Sam Son (Thanh Hoa Province)

- Vinpearl South Hoi An (Quang Nam Province)

- Dalat Palace (Lam Dong Province)

- Pytopia Center (Phu Yen Province)

4. The 3rd ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Award

- Urban category: Hue Ancient Capital – A destination of 5 world heritages (Thua Thien Hue Province)

- Rural category: Thai Hai Reserve Area of Ecological Houses-on-stilts Village (Thai Nguyen Province).

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Thursday, 3 February 2022

ATF 2022: Cerebrating the reopening of ASEAN tourism

On 19 January, the Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Tourism in charge of ASEAN countries performed the ceremony to celebrate the reopening of ASEAN tourism. Along with that was the announcement ceremony of the new logo of ASEAN tourism with the tagline "A Destination for Every Dream".

This is an activity within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 in Cambodia, right after the press conference of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers and the ASEAN Tourism Award ceremony.

ASEAN is one of the most dynamic tourism development regions in the Asia and Pacific region. All countries in the region consider tourism as a key economic sector. Up to now, after a long time responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry of ASEAN countries has been preparing for reopening and stimulating international tourism.

The ceremony to celebrate the reopening of ASEAN tourism demonstrates its readiness to welcome international visitors back to the region in a safe and sustainable manner.

Also on this occasion, the ASEAN Secretariat announced the new logo of ASEAN tourism with the tagline "A Destination for Every Dream". The new logo was developed by the ASEAN Secretariat and the partner in charge of tourism marketing of ASEAN. The new logo has been consulted with ASEAN member countries at the meetings of the Tourism Marketing Working Group in October 2021, the ASEAN Tourism Competition Committee meeting in October 2021 and the ASEAN National Tourism Authority meeting in December 2021.

The new logo has a simple mark with complex meaning. The modern take on this expression communicates a level of forward motion and technological advancement. The sun mark is a symbol of vitality and renewal. The concept overarches all of the experiences you could dream of in Southeast Asia. Because of this, we feel it’s a good option for representing the travel experience at the highest level. This take on the sun has 10 parts coming together in harmony to represent the member states of ASEAN.

Along with new logo is new tagline “A Destination for Every Dream“ and tagline system as A Destination for Adventure, A Destination for New flavors, A Destination for Discovery, A Destination for Restoration, A Destination for Culture, A Destination for Exploration.

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Wednesday, 2 February 2022

ASEAN strengthens cooperation with international partner organisations in tourism promotion and development activities

Mr. Doan Van Viet (middle), Deputy Minister of Culture, S
ports and Tourism and Mr. Nguyen Trung Khanh (left),
VNAT’s Chairman at the Meeting

On January 19th, the ASEAN Tourism Meeting with international partner organisations took place in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. This is a follow-up event after the 25th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers on the same day.

There were leaders of international organisations attended in the Meeting, namely ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC), ASEAN-Korea Centre, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), The ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA), ASEAN Tourism Research Association (ATRA), the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), The US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) …

At the Meeting, leaders of international organisations presented the results of ASEAN tourism support activities implemented in 2021 and plans for 2022. Remarkably, it is the plan to support ASEAN countries to promote tourism and digital transformation. Specifically, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) reported to the Meeting on the Comprehensive Study on the implementation of the Mutual Recognition Agreement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP): Enhanced Mechanism for Tourism Workers; and research on Sustainable Tourism in ASEAN.

Giving a speech at the Meeting, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Doan Van Viet sent his appreciation for the practical support of international partner organisations over the past time for the development of the ASEAN tourism industry in general and Vietnam tourism in particular, and further expressed the desire to tighten the cooperation among international partner organisations and Vietnam.

Deputy Minister hoped that in the near future, when the pandemic is fully controlled and the world is at the state of new normal, international partner organisations will continue to organise international events, training courses in Vietnam, assist in tourism promotion and produce specialised research documents to support the recovery and development of tourism in Vietnam and ASEAN.

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Tuesday, 1 February 2022

The 21st Meeting of the ASEAN+3 Tourism Ministers

On 19 January, in the framework of ATF 2022, Cambodia and the Republic of Korea co-chaired the 21st Meeting of the ASEAN+3 (ASEAN, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea) Tourism Ministers. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Doan Van Viet led Vietnam delegation attended the meeting.

At the meeting, delegations exchanged information and views on mitigation measures undertaken by the ASEAN+3 (APT) members and discussed ways to prepare the region for reopening of the tourism sector. Accordingly, member countries have continued to implement the APT Tourism Cooperation Work Plan 2021-2025 to further strengthen the cooperation among the APT countries in recovery efforts.

Under the ASEAN-China tourism cooperation, the meeting applauded China for the convening of Month of ASEAN Culture and Tourism (May 2021), ASEAN-China Culture and Tourism Exhibition (June 2021), and 2021 ASEAN-China Culture and Tourism Week (December 2021).

The meeting expressed appreciation for Japan’s support to promote ASEAN tourism destinations via the new website (https://travel.asean.org.jp/) and the provision of the training programme on non-personal interpretation utilising the digital tools for the ASEAN tourist guides, site managers and officials in December 2021.

The meeting noted with appreciation the ROK’s continued support and active participation in the ASEAN-ROK tourism cooperation activities, including ASEAN Tourism Promotional Pavilion on 24-27 June 2021 in Seoul, ROK, and ASEAN Weekly Highlights.

In the framework of meeting, member countries welcomed the endorsement of the ASEAN Guidelines for Hygiene and Safety for Professionals and the Communities in the Tourism Industry and the launching of a “safe & warm travel stamp” to increase the trust and confidence of the international travellers to visit the region when it reopens.

From November 2021, Vietnam has pilot plan to reopen international tourism to Vietnam with the first delegation from Korea. From January 2022, Vietnam has also restored regular international flight routes to a number of countries and territories, in which routes to Japan and South Korea has been operated weekly and routes to China and some other countries to be restored as soon as possible.

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The first meeting of ASEAN and Russian Federation Tourism Ministers

Mr. Doan Van Viet (middle) led Vietnam delegation
attended the first meeting of ASEAN and
Russian Federation Tourism Ministers

On 19 January, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Doan Van Viet led Vietnam delegation attended the first meeting of ASEAN and Russian Federation Tourism Ministers. The meeting is on the framework of ATF 2022 in Cambodia.

Despite the challenge brought by the pandemic, Southeast Asian countries are among the preferred destinations by the Russian tourists as reflected by the growing total visits prior to the pandemic. In addition, Russian arrivals have always been within the top 10 source markets outside ASEAN.

The meeting was pleased to welcome the elevation of the ASEAN-Russian Federation Tourism Cooperation to the Ministerial level, recognising the importance of this milestone as 2021 marks the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-Russia Relations.

In 2021, the ASEAN-Russia Federation Tourism Work Plan 2022-2024 was developed with five key dimensions: Support continued consultations between ASEAN and Russian Federation to promote tourism cooperation; Collaboration on professional training and advancement in the field of tourism; Best practices in ensuring tourists’ safety; Encourage people-to-people movement between ASEAN and Russia; and supporting sustainable tourism.

In 2022 Russia is planning to implement the fifth stage of the programme with a view to expand business contacts between Russia and ASEAN tourism enterprises through Russian language training and experience exchange.

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Thursday, 13 January 2022

Vietnam will participate in ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022 in Cambodia

ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 under the theme “A Community of Peace and Shared Future” will be held in Sihanoukville, Cambodia from 16th to 20th of January 2022. It is the biggest event in the framework of ASEAN Tourism cooperation. A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet will attend this event.

At the meeting with Deputy Minister Doan Van Viet on 4th January on the preparation for ATF 2022, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism indicated, in 2019, international tourists to ASEAN region reached about 143.5 million arrivals, accounting for 9.6% of total international tourists worldwide; the growth rate reached 6.1%, higher than that of the world (4%). Total receipts from international tourism reached 171.1 billion USD. The source markets of ASEAN region are mainly from Northeast Asia and within the region, in which the Vietnamese outbound tourist market ranks top 15 markets with about 4.1 million tourist trips.

ASEAN is one of the most important partners of Vietnam tourism. In 2019, tourists from ASEAN to Vietnam reached nearly 2.1 million arrivals, accounting for 11.6% of the total international tourist arrivals to Vietnam. The largest source markets of Vietnam in ASEAN in 2019 include: Malaysia (606.206 arrivals, accounting for 3.4% of total arrivals), Thailand (509.802 arrivals, 2.8%), Singapore (308.969 arrivals, 1.7%), Cambodia (227.910 arrivals, 1.3%).

ASEAN is one of the most effective multilateral cooperation frameworks with Vietnam tourism. Vietnam has signed bilateral tourism cooperation agreements with all ASEAN member countries. Many specific and short-term programmes have been signed and effectively implemented; in addition to a number of long-term cooperation programmes such as cooperation in tourism promotion with Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, cooperation in building cruise products with Singapore and the Philippines, river tourism products with Cambodia and Laos…

Vietnam has hosted a number of major tourism meetings and events in ASEAN, typically the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2019 in Ha Long, the NTOs Meeting (in July 2017 in Vinh Phuc), Tourism Cooperation Committee meetings (in April 2016 in Ha Long and October 2021 via online platform).

Vietnam was also Chairman of the ASEAN Tourism Promotion Committee, Chairman of the ASEAN Tourism Resource Assessment, Monitoring and Resources Committee, Vice Chairman of the ASEAN Sustainable and Inclusive Tourism Development Committee, Vice Chairman of the ASEAN Tourism Professional Monitoring Committee (2020-2021); a focal point for developing river tourism products; committing a vital role to the implementation of the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP). Recently, Vietnam Tourism is hosting the project ‘Building and implementing the ASEAN Strategy on the participation of local communities and the private sector in tourism development’ and the new product development project ‘ASEAN traditional festival touring programme’.

ATF 2022 involves a series of massive events, namely meetings of ASEAN Tourism Ministerial Meeting and partner countries (China, Korea, Japan, India, Russia), partner organisations (UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ASEANTA, ATRA, ASEAN-CHINA, ASEAN-JAPAN and ASEAN-KOREA centres…); meetings of ASEAN NTOs and partner countries (China, Korea, Japan, India, Russia); International Travel Expo TRAVEX; ASEAN Tourism Award Ceremony; ASEAN Tourism Ministerial Press Conference along with several side activities organised by the host country…

It is expected that Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet will have an online meeting with Mr. Michael W. Michalak, Vice President and Regional Executive Director, US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) and a bilateral meeting with Minister of Tourism of the Philippines Bernadette Romulo-Puyat…

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Monday, 18 October 2021

Sihanoukville officially announces completion of vaccination campaign for citizens 18-years-old and above

Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health, Or Vandine, and the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor, Kouch Chamroeun, oversaw the closing ceremony of Preah Sihanouk’s vaccination campaign.

The ceremony was held on the morning of September 10.

According to the Governor, Preah Sihanouk Province has a total population of 307,817 people, 143,323 females, of which 228,377 people over the age of 18, 103,783 females.

The provincial health department received 295,584 total doses of vaccine for those 18-years-old and above. For those below 18-years-old, the province received 67,264 total doses. A total of 223,170 people over 18-years-old received their vaccination shots, 99,418 people were vaccinated by the provincial health department.

Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/?p=933249

Planned Key Events of ATF 2022 Include:

ASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTO) meetings,
ASEAN Tourism Ministers’ Meetings,
Association meetings involving ASEANTA, FATA, AAA, and AHRA,
as well as the TRAVEX trade fair.

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Sunday, 17 October 2021

ASEAN member nations mostly moving towards tourism resumption

ASEAN NTOs are pining for speedy and massive vaccination, booster shots and uniform vaccination certificates, regarding them as the best strategies for tourism recovery across the region, it emerged at the Philippine Tourism Forum late-August.

Oliver Chong, Singapore Tourism Board executive director, marketing planning Oceania, saw potential recovery from some longhaul markets taking place first simply because of vaccination rates in places like Europe and the US. However, it is still hard to predict when the borders in South-east Asia, China, North Asia and Australia will open, he remarked. ASEAN Economic Community’s Satvinder Singh said the ASEAN tourism recovery is not a one-size-fits-all strategy

Chong said Singapore will begin her Vaccination Travel Lane on September 8, allowing travellers from Germany and Brunei to come for leisure, business and events without quarantine but subject to swab tests before and upon arrival, and on the third and seventh day of their 21-day stay.

Malaysia will reopen Langkawi for domestic tourism in mid-September with very strict procedures in place. Langkawi will need to arrive at phase four of the National Tourism Recovery Plan to qualify for an international tourism bubble pilot that is being formulated, said Yasmeen Yasim, senior director, tourism policy and affairs division, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia.

Meanwhile, over in Indonesia, there are plans to reopen a small part of Bali – Nusa Dua, Sanur and Ubud – and northern part of Bintan to international tourism, revealed Noviendi Makalam, policy analyst, Mininstry of Tourism, Creative Economy, Indonesia.

Vietnam will pilot a vaccine passport programme for international visitors to Phu Quoc island towards the end of 2021, said Tran Phu Cuong, director general, international department, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Across the border, Cambodia intends to reopen some destinations towards end-2021, as the kingdom is one target with the national vaccination programme, shared Try Chhiv, director of International Cooperation and ASEAN Department, Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia. At press time, over 90 per cent of the population is now inoculated, and a booster shot is being rolled out. Herd immunity is expected to be achieved by end-October or early-November.

In the Philippines, the National Tourism Development plan has at least three Covid-19 impact scenarios – mild, harsh and severe, but Warner Andrada, Philippine Tourism Departments’ officer in charge, office of tourism development, planning, research and information management, shared that these are subject to further calculation each time the government changes the quarantine levels of destinations every two weeks or so, affecting tourism business and travel movements.

Stressing that the ASEAN tourism recovery is not a one-size-fits-all strategy, Satvinder Singh, deputy secretary-general for the ASEAN Economic Community, noted that some member states reported a sharp decline of almost 90 per cent in international arrivals in 1Q2021, compared to 2020’s 80.1 per cent across the region. ASEAN region suffered a 75.8 per cent loss in tourism receipts last year.

Source: https://www.ttgasia.com/.../asean-member-nations-mostly.../

Planned Key Events of ATF 2022 Include:

ASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTO) meetings,
ASEAN Tourism Ministers’ Meetings,
Association meetings involving ASEANTA, FATA, AAA, and AHRA,
as well as the TRAVEX trade fair.

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Saturday, 16 October 2021

His Excellency Tourism Minister leads Ministry Committee meeting to organise ATF 2022 planned in Sihanoukville

Excellency Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism on 27th August 2021, led the ministry meeting to organize Asian tourism forum 2022 (ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022) in Sihanouk Preah Sihanoung Province via video system (Zoom Meet).

At that time, the Excellency Minister to know that the Asian Tourism Forum (ATF 2022) will take place in Sihanoukville from January 16-22 under the theme "Asian: Peace Community and One Destiny (ASEAN - A Community of Peace and Shared Future)"to protect the view and reopening of the environment and open in the future.

The Excellency continued that Asian Tourism Forum will have major events such as the meeting of South Korean and China, National Tourism Oganizationa, Asian Tourism, Ministry of Asian Tourism and Metings), a meeting of Asian Ministry of Asian, South Korea and China), a specialist and National Assembly (Japan, South Korea), and Specialtya) and Assembly. TRAVEX International Tourism Exhibition is the largest tourism platform in Asian which will take place from January 19-20, 2022 and join sellers and buyers.

According to the speech of his excellency Thong Kon, this time, ATF cannot be as big as before because of the problem.

Coved still exists, need to push the safety measures, firmly according to new norms. His excellency said "We will reduce the size of both meetings, exhibition, journalists too."

His Excellency the Asian tourism platform both participants and hosts must ensure new practice in staying, eating and all activities of the event organised in the same environment which is easy to manage and manage the health activities. Some meetings can be conducted in hybrid ways. City visits or other targets must be organized by the committee. Speaking and celebration places must be safe destinations organized and historical SOP set by the government.

His Excellency Thong Kon has confirmed that choosing Sihanoukville as the 2022 Asian tourism platform is very relevant as this coastal provinces have already built a coalition system in the city, Niva at the beach, as well as the government of the coastal province is also beautiful. Sihanoukville also has many big islands that can make visitors visit safely, away from meeting many people.

Meanwhile, Sihanoukville could become a safety target for both public health: both sides of the federal union design. This province will also finish vaccination for the people (including tourist services). There are many products, beach, islands and tourism services, quality and provides safety, comfort to participants.

Planned Key Events of ATF 2022 Include:

ASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTO) meetings,
ASEAN Tourism Ministers’ Meetings,
Association meetings involving ASEANTA, FATA, AAA, and AHRA,
as well as the TRAVEX trade fair.

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Friday, 15 October 2021

Two major S’ville events could jumpstart international tourism

A landscape view of Preah Sihanouk province.

YOUSOS APDOULRASHIM

Preah Sihanouk province is set to host two major international tourism-related events in late 2021 and early 2022, which insiders expect to ignite new interest among new and repeat foreign holidaymakers into visiting the Kingdom and significantly raise tourist arrivals from near zero in the Covid era.

The provincial capital Sihanoukville is due to host the Southeast Asian Sailing Championship from December 12-17 and the ASEAN Tourism Forum from January 16-22.

Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) Cambodia chapter chairman Thourn Sinan told The Post on October 2 that the events could turn a new page on this chapter of Cambodian tourism, mired in a Covid swamp for nearly two years, and bring international travellers back to the Kingdom.

"I have faith that the government and private sector will work well together to make both international events a success," he said, adding that a revival of international tourism marked by the events “is not too early for Cambodia".

And Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (Cata) president Chhay Sivlin suggested that positive results of the event could mean that the Covid-strangled Cambodian tourism industry might begin to breathe again.

To press her point, she made the case that the Ministry of Tourism has set out a number of guidelines and regulations for tour operators and visitors, aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19.

"These two events will be very influential in increasing attractiveness and building confidence, as well as promoting Cambodian tourist destinations to travellers of all nationalities," she said.

However, Cambodia also needs everybody’s participation to effectively drive down the rate of coronavirus infections and Covid-related deaths, Sivlin stressed.

Minister of Tourism Thong Khon on October 1 underscored that the success of the events would bring many positive effects for the tourism sector as well as the Cambodian economy.

"If done well, they will attract more visitors," he told Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities and stakeholders at a virtual meeting held in preparation for the events.

The government chose Sihanoukville as the venue for the events due to its competent roads, tourism facilities and other infrastructure, as well as its proximity to an international airport, he said.

He also put forth that the vaccination rate among government officials, tourism staff and the general public in the province, as well as foreign residents who take domestic trips, have also surpassed plans.

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun expressed determination to ramp up efforts to ensure compliance with tourism safety rules and minimum standard operating procedures (SOP), and any adjustments that may be drawn up based on “new normal” requirements, to pave the way for the events and the prompt reactivation of international tourism.

The vaccination rate of Cambodian and foreign residents in the province, aged 6 and over, has reached 100.30 per cent of the estimated total population in the province, he said without providing concrete figures.

Source: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/.../two-major-sville-events...

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Thursday, 14 October 2021

Hun Sen: Full country reopening to be decided in two weeks

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that if the Covid-19 situation remains stable for 15 consecutive days from the end of the October 5-7 Pchum Ben public holiday, Cambodia will reopen fully, albeit in the context of Covid-19 whereby people have to adjust their lives to the new normal.

Speaking at the Council of Ministers meeting on October 8, he said the development surrounding Covid-19 remains stable, with less than 20 deaths recorded per day on average.

“If within the coming 10 to 15 days the situation is stable, if we can maintain transmission and death rates like we do currently, I think it's time to reopen the economy and society in all sectors, but in the new normal by following the three dos and three don’ts,” he said.

Hun Sen noted that half of the people who lost their lives to Covid-19 lately had not been vaccinated against the disease.

He said those who have refused to get Covid-19 jabs were stubborn people affiliated with the opposition group.

“In the past, two-thirds of the people who died had not been vaccinated because vaccines had not reached them. But yesterday, I saw that 10 had died, five of them had been vaccinated and the other five had not,” he said.

On October 8, the Ministry of Health reported 203 Covid-19 transmission cases and 18 deaths.

Source: https://m.phnompenhpost.com/.../hun-sen-full-country...

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