Vietnam International Travel Mart(VITM Hanoi) was first held in Hanoi by the Vietnam Tourism Association, in collaboration with Vietnam Tourism, Hanoi People’s Committee and the European Commission (ESRT Project) from 18 to 21of April, 2013in Hanoi.

Proud to be one of the exhibitors at VITM Hanoi

With the theme of “Discover the Red River Delta – Vietnam Culture Origin”, VITM Hanoi has received positive responses and active participation of more than 400 tour operators in domestic and abroad, including 368 booths (267 domestic booths, 101 international stands) coming from key markets such as Russia, France, USA, UK, Japan, Korea, etc. .. The Responsible Travel Club is proud to be one of the exhibitors at VITM Hanoi this time.

Enthusiatic on explaining the concept of responsible travel and pratical actions for Vietnam Tourism

Start focusing on building RTC’s booth from the day before the fair, RTC has a clear mandate to bring the concept of responsible tourism to our colleagues in the industry as well as the public. Three walls surroundingthe pavilion symbolizes the three key areas that RTC activitiesare working in: (1) Cooperation between members and stakeholders in the industry for asustainable development of tourism. (2)Community support and culture preservation. (3) Environmental protection & conservation.

Cooperation from all stakeholders in the industry is the key point for promoting responsible tourism

Environment is a big concern in developing tourism

Bringing benefits to local communities is one of our core missions

RTC’s booth has attracted numbers of tour operators, hotels, restaurants, developing organizations and interested individuals visiting the fair as the defination of Responsible Tourism is still a new concept to Vietnam Tourism. It was a wonderful chance for RTC to spread our knowledge and responsible practices to more and more tourism involvers, as well as receiving supportive comments and ideas for our future projects and activities from our friends in the “tourism village”.

Enjoy responding visitors’ questions regarding RTC’s activities

End of 4 days travel mart, experiences have been shared, hands have been connected to create a bigger network of responsible tourism stakeholders to promote and maintain responsible toursim in Vietnam for a sustainable growth in tourism.

Lan Chi