A programme to promote attractive destinations in Tokyo was held inHanoi on January 26 as part of Japan’s efforts to attract moreVietnamese tourists to its capital.

Speaking at the event,Chieko Sugisaki from Tokyo’s Bureau of Industrial and Labour Affairssaid as a part of its plan to promote tourism in Vietnam in 2015 and2016, Japanese tourism firms will organise sightseeing trips andseminars to enhance links between the two nations.

Japan will also provide financial support for Vietnam to make films about tourism in Tokyo, she added.

Accordingto Takashi Yamamoto, General Director of the Bureau, the number ofvisitors travelling between the two nations has surged remarkably inrecent years.

Hanoi has helped Tokyo introduce its top touristsites through posters on Japanese festivals and destinations and videoson Japan’s localities, while Japan’s tourism sector has likewiseimplemented campaigns to promote Vietnam’s tourism, he noted.

Last year, Japan received 13 million foreign visitors, including nearly 124,000 Vietnamese nationals.

In2015, the sector will focus on improving the quality of itsaccommodations, developing its infrastructure, expanding free wifihotspots, and introducing multilingual menus in restaurants and signs inpublic areas to lure more international arrivals.

Tokyo is nowone of the leading economic centres around the globe. It boasts theworld’s highest communication tower the Tokyo Skytree, and famoushistorical sites such as Kabuki theatre and Seno-ji shrine.-VNA