The programme to learn and evaluate tourist destinations is carried out by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Travel businesses of Vietnam - Thailand had a 7-day journey to experience and discuss tourism products that link a 3-country itinerary in the near future. Vietnam - Thailand travel businesses have accompanied in learning and evaluating a number of key tourist destinations of the Mekong riverside region in order to link and build new tourism products.

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The  team visit and learn at "Baan Uncle Ho" (Ho Chi Minh's house) Thai-Vietnamese Friendship Village, Ban Na Chok (Photo: Vtr)

According to the team, the landmarks in the journey to discover Vietnam - Laos - Thailand begin from the Central Vietnam through Savannakhet (Laos) to the northeastern provinces of Thailand. Some special features in the tourist route are spiritual tours to pagodas, the system of commercial centres, and beautiful check-in attractions, etc.

Vietnam - Laos - Thailand road trip is enjoyable journey, which has many highlights to create special, impressive and attractive tourist products, shared Mr. Le Cong Nang, Wondertour's General Manager to Vietnam Tourism Review. “Road experience tour: A 3-country journey from Central Vietnam through Savannakhet or Xieng Khouang - Vientiane (Laos) to Udon Thani - Sakon Nakhon - Nakhon Phanom - Mukdahan (Thailand) will be the new product, attracting tourists from 3 countries.

Accordingly, the tour to return to traditional moral values will be "Journey in the footsteps of Uncle Ho". In this itinerary, visitors will visit Road 9 National Cemetery (Quang Tri Province, Vietnam) - Vietnam - Laos War Alliance Museum - President Ho Chi Minh Historical Site (Savannakhet Province, Laos) - "Baan Uncle Ho" (Ho Chi Minh's house) Thai-Vietnamese Friendship Village (Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand). Community tours combining Caravan (self-driving car) experience, visitors will take a journey from Vietnam to Road 9 Southern Laos - Visit Thai traditional textile dyeing village - Learn traditional Phuthay dance - Learn about renewable energy from rubber trees, oil wells on the mainland, planting rubber trees to create more lungs for the world, and harvesting ant eggs from the rubber forest - Learn about the snake god Naga - Sala Keoku Buddha Park.

Cua Tung Beach, Quang Tri Province (Central Vietnam) (Photo: Tran Duc Khoa Huan)

Road 9 National Cemetery (Quang Tri, Vietnam) (Photo: https://tinhuyquangtri.vn/)

Vinh Moc Tunnel (Quang Tri, Vietnam) (Photo: https://baoquangtri.vn/)

Lao Bao Commercial Centre near Lao Bao Border Gate (Quang Tri, Vietnam) (Photo: https://www.quangtri.gov.vn/)

In the framework of the inspection, Vietnam - Thailand travel agencies had a meeting with representatives of TAT; provinces of La Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon; and the Vietnamese community in Thailand.

Mr. Tran Huu Phuoc, business representative of Quang Tri Province (Vietnam) said, currently, there are not yet direct flights connecting Vietnam and the northeastern provinces of Thailand,  road is the only option to build a tour. And the caravan tour will be the right option for Vietnam - Thailand to develop in the present time. Yet, to facilitate the crossing of border gates, the authorities of the relevant provinces and cities need to create a suitable mechanism for tourism to develop.

Ho Chi Minh Memorial Area of Na Khon Pha Nom (Thailand) (Photo: Vtr)

The voiceover with Vietnamese and English at the destination, since the journey to Northeast Thailand is quite refreshing, is one of the essential requirements in the tours of 3 countries. Travel businesses of the two countries will cooperate to organise two-way tours to create new highlights to the landmarks of the countries. Above all, the focus on developing service quality should be associated with sustainable tourism and environmental protection; strengthening communication and promotion for these new tourism products.

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