Vietnam focuses on developing cultural tourism this year, says leading expert

Paradise Vietnam's Ha Long Bay cruise tour is exploiting natural, cultural and historical destinations. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, June 11 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam boasts rich cultural resources, which have been exploited effectively to develop tourism, thus contributing to making the smokeless sector an important part of the cultural industry, what has been referred to as a cultural tourism "gold mine".

Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh said that the tourism development strategy and planning to 2020, with a vision to 2030, sets a goal that revenue from cultural tourism will account for 15-20% of the total US$40 billion revenue from tourists by 2030.