Expand visa exemption to attract more foreign tourists: experts
Vietnam should grant visa exemption to more countries and allow a stay of up to 30 days to increase foreign tourist numbers and their local spending, experts say. Tran Dinh Thien, a member of the prime minister's economic advisory group, said at a tourism conference in the northern province of Quang Ninh that now "was the opportunity we need to take advantage of to open tourism wider and affirm Vietnam's position on the global tourism map." The government had agreed last week to resume its unilateral visa exemption policy for citizens from 13 countries as Vietnam reopened inbound tourism after nearly two years of closure. Citizens from Belarus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the U.K. will be allowed to visit Vietnam for up to 15 days without a visa regardless of passport type and entry purpose. Thien said that though Vietnam has fully reopened its borders, the tourism industry can only welcome 25-...
