“Green tourism-Go Green” campaign launched

Early December 6, provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony to launch the campaign of “Green tourism-Go Green”.

The event was attended by Ha Van Sieu, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Tourism Administration; Dang Minh Hung, Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Committee together with leaders of relevant sectors, departments, travel units and students from universities in the province.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr.Sieu said that tourism is on the way of becoming a spearheading sector, greatly contributing to the economic growth of the country. However, along with positive impacts, the sector has caused big corollaries to the environment. Hence, the “Go Green” campaign is launched, aiming to protect the environment…

At the event, province-based travel units signed a commitment on the realization of the “Go Green” campaign to boost activities on tourism environmental protection towards sustainable development. Students also took part in a parade by bicycles on main streets of Binh Duong new city in response to the campaign.

Reported by Quynh Nhu-Translated by K.T