More than 30 Vietnamese companies are participating in the International Tourism Fair (ITB), which opened in the German capital city of Berlin on March 9.

The year’s five –day fair drew over 11,000 exhibitors from 188 counties across the world.

On this occasion, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ho Anh Tuan said in an interview with the ASEAN magazine that in the recent past, the Vietnam’s government, tourism sector and localities strived together to improve the country’s tourism infrastructure as well as technical facilities to lure more holiday makers.

The tourism sector has over the past five years attracted a large amount of foreign direct investment. To date, 190 tourism projects worth 4.64 billion USD in registered capital have been implemented in 29 provinces and cities throughout the country, according to Tuan./.

Source: CPV