Chairman of the provincial tourism Champasack she Somleth Phosalath on 18 / 7 for Champasack provinces and Ho Chi Minh City are stepping up cooperation in tourism and obtained many results in the spirit of cooperation agreement between Travel Association the provincial tourism Champasack and Ho Chi Minh signed in 2009. Phosalath She said in 2010, more than 300,000 foreign tourists visited the province Champasack (up 10% compared to 2009), in which visitors from Thailand accounted for 55%, the rest mostly tourists Vietnam, up from an average of only about 5% of tourists Vietnam of foreign visitors to Champasack. She said the number of tourists Vietnam increased mainly due to the form of package tourism, improve transportation routes, enhanced information exchange, capacity and quality of tourism ... that the parties are implemented. She hopes the national airline of Laos (Lao Airlines) flights resumed Vientian-Pakse-Ho Chi Minh City from January 1 / 2011 will help increase the number of tourists in Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular to visit Champasack. /.