The Mekong Delta Green Tourism Week will take place in Can Tho city on
April 26-28, 2015, according to the Steering Committee for the
Southwestern Region.
To be co-organised by the committee and the
Can Tho People’s Committee, the week will feature a series of
conferences and seminars focusing on promoting the region’s tourism
potential, boosting investment in green tourism, and seeking solutions
to regional collaboration in the field.
The programme is
expected to contribute to the strong development of the Mekong Delta
tourism in the time to come, said the committee’s deputy head, Nguyen
Phong Quang.
It will see the participation of several Greater
Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries such as Cambodia, Thailand and
Myanmar, he added.
Located between Tien and Hau rivers, the
Mekong Delta, comprising Can Tho city and 12 provinces with a population
of 18 million, boasts a huge potential for tourism development.
In the first five months of this year, the region welcomed nearly 11
million visitors, an 8.9 percent increase compared to the same period
last year. Of them, more than 800,000 were foreigners, according to the
Mekong Delta Tourism Association.-VNA