by Reinhard Hohler, Chiang Mai
The 9th International Travel Expo (ITE) 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, regarded as Viet Nam’s foremost tourism trade event, has been an annual show since 2005. The show will be organised from 12th. to 14th. of september 2013.
In 2008, it was conferred the status of Viet Nam’s only travel trade event by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Viet Nam. Held at the Exhibition Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, ITE HCMC 2009 launched the ambitious “Three Countries, One Destination” concept (3CODe) – the three countries being Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam. ITE HCMC 2011 had set up a new concept “Four Countries, One Destination” with the inclusion of Myanmar.
ITE 2012 was sucessfully organized by the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DCST), Viet Nam Trade Fair & Advertising Joint Stock Company (VINEXAD) and IIR Exhibitions Pte Ltd (IIR).
ITE HCMC 2013 will be held at the new Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) on September 12-14, 2013 and is endorsed by the Viet Nam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, and supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lao PDR and Ministry of Hotel and Tourism, Myanmar.