Vietnam needs 2.4 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (150 million U.S. dollars) to develop manpower in the tourism sector by 2015, local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported Friday.
Of the total money, 819 billion VND (nearly 51.2 million dollars) is expected to come from the state budget, and 512 billion VND (32 million dollars) from international funds, according to the country's tourism manpower development program by 2015 with vision to 2020.
The country aims to ensure 70-80 of its tourism management officials at the central level and grassroots undergoing professional training, 60-70 percent of management officials at tourism agencies experiencing refresher courses, and 60 percent of the tourism staff getting training on skills, foreign languages and informatics.
Vietnam, which is estimated to welcome 3.2 million international arrivals in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 18 percent, expects 4.2-4.4 million foreign visitors and 18.5 million domestic visitors, and tourism revenues of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
It targets 5.5-6 million international arrivals and 25-26 million domestic visitors, and total tourism revenues of 4-4.5 billion dollars in 2010.
Source: Xinhua
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