May 21, Daegu city and Gyeongsangbuk province-in collaboration with the Korea Tourism Board (KTO) in Vietnam organized a large-scale "Roadshow Program and a Daegu-Gyeongbuk Tourism Seminar" in Ho Chi Minh City. , with the goal of focusing on exploiting Vietnam’s tourism market - potential tourism market in Southeast Asia.

Participating in the advertising campaign in Ho Chi Minh City this time is attended by many Korean tourism enterprises; especially the attendance of Mr. Kwon Young Jin - Daegu Mayor and Mr. Yoon Jong Jin - Vice Chairman of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.

A series of promotional events with the main activity is the "Daegu-Gyeongbuk Tourism Roadshow" program held at the outdoor stage at the Youth Cultural House (District 1), with participation in boiling music performances. of the group D-Crunch - new rookie K-Pop group debuted in Korea, along with cultural exchanges, Korean tourism ....

The program "Daegu-Gyeongbuk Tourism Seminar" held at Lotte Legend Hotel Saigon, with the participation of many businesses in tourism, aviation, travel Korea and Vietnam.

Within the framework of this event, the city of Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province together with KTO in Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four typical travel companies in Vietnam: Saigontourist, Vietravel, HanoiRedtours and Fiditour to promote construction and development of tourism products to Daegu-Gyeongbuk.

Buddha statue Gatbawi on Palgongsan mountain in Daegu city. Photo: KTO

Representatives of the city of Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do province said: “We are working hard to bring the image of Daegu Gyeongbuk area to spread widely throughout Southeast Asia in general and Vietnam in particular. We hope that this series of events will be an opportunity to promote tourism in Daegu-Gyeongbuk region as well as Hallyu wave in Vietnam to attract more Vietnamese tourists to visit Daegu-Gyeongbuk area, thereby contributing to improving the proportion of Vietnam’s tourism market with Korean tourism ”.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong received Mr. Kwon Young Jin (left) and Mr. Yoon Yong Jin (right) on his visit and working in Ho Chi Minh City, May 20, 2016. Photo: hcmcpv

Mr. Kwon Young Jin - Daegu Mayor said, Daegu is the 3rd largest city in Korea, after Seoul and Busan. Daegu is about 1 hour and 40 minutes away from Seoul by KTX speedboat and about 1 hour from Busan, so it will be very convenient for construction, combining tour routes for tourists. In 2018, Daegu city welcomed more than 3 million international visitors, of which about 2,000 tourists from Vietnam. Daegu Metropolitan Government and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province hope that the "Daegu-Gyeongbuk Tourism Year 2020" event will promote and attract more tourists from Vietnam.

According to KTO Vietnam, there are now many direct flights from Daegu to major tourist cities of Vietnam such as: Daegu - Hanoi route with 14 flights per week; Daegu - Da Nang route has 46 flights / week; Daegu - Nha Trang route has 8 flights / week ...

In the first 4 months of 2019, the number of Vietnamese tourists traveling to Korea reached more than 170,000 visitors, an increase of about 32% compared to the same period in 2018.