Laos and South Korea develop platform to promote tourism

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Occasions/Asia Information Community): Laos and South Korea are partnering in tourism, cultural and industrial exchanges between the 2 international locations, with a view to bringing extra Korean vacationers to Laos.

Inexperienced Discovery Laos and the Worldwide Tradition Trade Affiliation (ICIA) of the Korea-Laos Trade and Cultural Change Affiliation have agreed to develop a platform to supply extra info on tourism in Laos, by amassing info on pure sights, eating places and lodges throughout the nation to be posted on an utility and web site.

Director of Inexperienced Discovery Laos, Inthy Deuansavanh, and Chairman of ICIA, Sam Maeng, final week signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Vientiane on cooperation between Laos and Korea with regard to tourism.

Talking on the MOU signing ceremony, Inthy stated the 2 international locations’ cooperation settlement on tourism, tradition and business can be put into apply via joint media, radio and tv shops, to be able to entice Korean vacationers.

“There will likely be each cell purposes and web sites. We’re designing an utility idea and now we now have information about tourism throughout Laos to add on the applying. Growth of this utility will likely be full by the top of this 12 months,” he added.

The MOU is aimed toward attracting and accommodating Korean vacationers, not solely to allow them to take pleasure in Inexperienced Discovery tourism merchandise, but in addition different tourism merchandise all through Laos, Inthy stated.

“Over 20 years of tourism enterprise, Inexperienced Discovery’s tourism operations primarily give attention to Europe, America and Australia, however this time we see South Korean vacationers as an vital market as a result of Korean vacationers prefer to journey rather a lot, particularly via eco-tourism.”

Most guests solely find out about a number of sights in sure provinces similar to Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Xiengkhuang. However in actual fact there are locations of curiosity all throughout Laos, and this new utility will assist folks to study extra about them, he added.

“As well as, to be able to entice Korean vacationers to Laos after the Covid-19 outbreak and the reopening of Laos, we are going to discover methods to supply vacationers with a greater expertise, together with producing earnings for native communities, defending the setting, and bolstering the nation’s growth,” Inthy stated.

ICIA Chairman Sam Maeng stated the MOU signing was essential for Lao-Korean tourism after the reopening of Laos, and that the Korean authorities plans to reopen the nation to revive tourism and improve Lao-Korean flights by the top of this 12 months.

This cooperation is taken into account signal and alternative for either side, he added.

Earlier than the Covid outbreak, about 200,000 South Korean vacationers got here to Laos annually. It’s now anticipated that the reopening of the nation will usher in vacationers properly in extra of this quantity.