As part of 'Glocal Leader Practical Training' of the University-Wide Core Curriculum (Zenkyo), jointly offered by Gifu University Organization of Promotion for Glocalization (GU-GLOCAL), the School of Social System Management, and the Center for Collaborative Study with Community, and 'Tourism Design Practical Training' offered by the School of Social System Management, GU students created a tourism plan with the students of the School of Hospitality and Tourism, Hue University (HUHT), Vietnam. This plan is tailored for people who are planning to stay in Hue¹. for a couple of days. Additionally, as part of an activity of 'Gifu University Next-Generation Regional Leader Fostering Program Glocal Leader Course,' GU students visited the city to study the feasibility of their tourism plan by themselves.

In November 2016, Gifu Prefecture and Thua Thien-Hue Province in Vietnam concluded a partnership agreement, and the two regions have continued to foster friendly relations and engage in various fields of exchange ever since. The strong partnership between the two regions resulted in a signing of university-level agreement between Gifu University and Hue University in 2018. This exchange study program between GU students and HU students is based on this agreement.

GU students continued online exchanges with the students of HUHT over several months. Together, they developed a 3-day tourism plan tailored for young Japanese visitors staying in Hue. As a culmination of this program, ten GU students spent ten days in Hue from Tuesday, March 5 to Thursday, March 14, 2024, exploring the city according to the plan they had created. During their stay, they also received detailed introductions to Hue Province's tourism resources and current trends among tourists by the Director of Thua Thien Hue Department of Tourism. On the final day, students presented their upgraded tourism plans, with the online participation of representatives from the Gifu Prefectural Government's International Affairs Division, who also provided them feedback on their plans.

One of major missions of Gifu University is to cultivate individuals capable of addressing various challenges related to the international diversity of the region. We hope that students exchange on tourism will further bolster the partnership between Gifu University and Hue University, as well as accelerate interactions between Gifu Prefecture and Thua Thien-Hue Province in the days to come.

1)Huế is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, located near the center of Vietnam.