Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between Institute for Tourism Development Research and Korean Culture and Tourism Institute

On October 28, 2024, in Hanoi , the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Institute for Tourism Development Research (ITDR) and the Korean Culture & Tourism Institute (KCTI) was held. Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan - Director of ITDR and Dr. Kim Sae Won - President of KCTI signed …

Institute for Tourism Development Research: Summary of Work in 2023 and Directions and Tasks for Work in 2024

On January 18, 2023, the Institute for Tourism Development Research organized the conference "Summary of work in 2023 and Directions and Tasks for work in 2024". The conference was attended by Mr. Pham Van Thuy – Vice Chairman of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism; representatives of leaders …

Online webinar on “Capacity Building for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management”

On 14th and 15th June 2022, the Institute for Tourism Development Research participated in an online two-session webinar on “Capacity Building for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management” organized by Macao Institute for Tourism Studies. The webinar was moderated by Dr. Ubaldino Couto and Dr. Henri…

UNWTO reports: Tourism grows 4% in 2021 but remains far below pre-pandemic levels

Global tourism experienced a 4% upturn in 2021, compared to 2020 (415 million versus 400 million). However, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) were still 72% below the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to preliminary estimates by UNWTO. This follows on from 2020, the worst year o…

Vietnam won “Asia’s Leading Destination” and 31 other categories at World Travel Awards 2021

On 19th October 2021, World Travel Award, the world-leading award for destinations and business in the tourism and hospitality industry has announced the winners for the “Asia” category. Vietnam, after successfully competing with other major nominees, including China, India, Korea, Thailand, had bec…

Vietnam and Colombia cooperated to organize the webinar series on developing eco-tourism and community-based tourism

Under the framework of the MoU on tourism cooperation between Vietnam and Colombia, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia have worked together to organize the webinar series on developing eco-tourism and community-based tou…

INVITATION to Online Conference “Safety for tourists during the pandemic – Recovery tourism industry after the outbreak of COVID-19″

Performing the mission of “Studying on ensuring the tourist safety under disease outbreak” and continuing the International Cooperation in scientific research between Institute for Tourism Development Research (ITDR) and Korea Culture and Tourism Institute (KCTI), ITDR will organize the onl…

Official Message by the Secretary-General of UNWTO in World Tourism Day 2021

[caption id="attachment_9911" align="alignleft" width="220"] UNWTO Secretary-General - Zurab Pololikashvili[/caption] The human desire …

Online Dabate Contest “Wildlife Conservation”