Annually Vietnam spends about $253.000 to attract foreign travellers. Aiming to gain a status of premier tourist destination, this year Ho Chi Minh City is going to invest more than $629.000 into tourism promotion campaign.
Large festivals will be organized in Ho Chi Minh as a part of the promotion campaign, such as two Flower […]

The Bush administration has announced the launch of “paperless” US visa application system. It will enable foreigners to apply for visas electronically and use digital video technology to conduct remote interviews.
“If we can do this successfully,” Condoleezza Rice said, “this process might make life dramatically easier for foreign citizens who must now travel […]

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has started to outsource visa applications and collections to private agencies.
This measure aims to fulfil the demand for visas to India, as Tourism Ministry gets regular complaints from foreign tour agencies that Indian embassies can barely cope with the requests for visas.
India figures among the top ten world travel […]

In order to invigorate long-ignored youth and student travel industry Taiwan’s National Youth Commission has proclaimed 2006 as Taiwan International Youth Travel Year.
The ambitious program aims to bring in at least 1.25 million young travellers into Taiwan this year.
“The youth travel market is one that we can no longer ignore. First, they tend to stay […]