AirAsia on Tuesday started to offer 500,000 zero-fare tickets for customers to book for its flights to and from Vietnam and other regional destinations as the latest move of the largest low-cost airline in Asia to stimulate air travel and tourism in the region.
“During a time when most people are cutting down on traveling and holiday-making, AirAsia comes up with an irresistible alternative that reinforces its commitment to grow tourism in the region,” Kathleen Tan, regional head of commercial at AirAsia said.
Phu Quoc Island has beaten HaLong Bay, the most popular destination in 2007, to top the 2008 – 2009 tourism list, according to an SGGP survey of 1,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City.
More Russians keep going holiday in Vietnam in a time when many travelers around the world have shelved their plans for vacations in this country to cope with the impact of the global economic downturn, according to the Russian consul general in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.
Phu Quoc Island has beaten HaLong Bay, the most popular destination in 2007, to top the 2008 – 2009 tourism list, according to an SGGP survey of 1,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City.
Phu Quoc island in VietnamPhu Quoc heads the Top Ten and is followed by: Nha Trang, HaLong Bay, Hoi An, Sapa, Hue, Hanoi, DaLat, Mui Ne and Con Dao.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong topped the most popular overseas destination list, followed by Singapore.
Phu Quoc Island has beaten Ha Long Bay, the most popular destination in 2007, to top the 2008 – 2009 tourism list, according to an SGGP survey of 1,000 people in HCM City.
Phu Quoc heads the Top Ten and is followed by: Nha Trang, Ha Long Bay, Hoi An, Sapa, Hue, Ha Noi, Da Lat, Mui Ne and Con Dao.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong topped the most popular overseas destination list, followed by Singapore.
The People’s Committee of Hai Duong province on February 10 opened the Con Son – Kiep Bac Spring Festival and commemorated the 675th anniversary of the death of monk Huyen Quang, the third founder of the Truc Lam meditation sect, at the Con Son – Kiep Bac historical relic site in Chi Linh district.
The festival was prepared with the great care and solemnly held with such activities as the incenses offering ceremony to remember monk Huyen Quang and the water procession ceremony.
Experts in the hospitality industry have called for the national tourism authority to shift its intensive tourism promotion to regional markets and those where many people still remain keen to travel overseas despite the global economic downturn.
Le Trung Tho, executive assistant manager of Palm Garden Resort, said regional markets including the ASEAN bloc should be the priority in the current troubled time as these markets were near to Vietnam and were less impacted by the global economic turmoil.
The French Government pledged to offer 70% of a Eur150,000 fund under its Agenda 21 with the Vietnamese Government on sustainable development.
According to the Agenda 21, Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, will receive the fund to raise its local citizens’ awareness of environment, classify wastes, reduce the use of nylon bags and save office stationary.
The project is now being popularized. Then, models of saving office stationary as well as classifying wastes will be piloted in some administrative agencies and households in Da Lat this year.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on February 6 said that VNAT would discipline companies which have committed to slash tour fees but do not fulfill their commitments.
The foreign tourists who arrived on the Legend of the Sea on February 6
Vu The Binh, Director of the Travel Department under VNAT, said that a big promotion programme will be launched which will be valid across the country.
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all alright?
We are here in Vietnam now, to be fair so far it’s pretty dingy but taxi was reliable from the airport to the hostel. We loved the taxi journey, though we were dodging mopeds all way we saw some pretty eye opening things (very poor country in parts) the funniest things we have seen so far is a moped holding trays full of eggs on the seat (we think at least 500 eggs) and another moped with a wardrobe attached to the side of it-completely bizzare. So far, we are just finding our bearings, we found somewhere to eat and found a nice bakery with lovely coconut biscuits and Snickers bars. Everything here is so cheap, we had a meal each with beer and coke for 4 pound and that was in a nice resturant. The weather is disapointing, its overcast and it rained heavily before we got here but we’re hoping that it’s gonna brighten up later in the week so we can visit Halong Bay for a couple of days.
We are unable to send messages from our phones so we probably won’t be able to receive them either, so we just have to talk via email or facebook chat.
Hello people of snowy England!!! Yesterday was a really nice day here, the sun was out and it got to about 30 degrees C. We booked the Ha long bay trip for tomorrow and we also found a nice little hotel to stay in when we get back. We walked round the big lake in the city and got some amazing photos!!! We are struggling to find a place to upload the photos but we will do as soon as we can!!! We also went to a Temple on the lake which was interesting. In the centre of Hanoi we found a nice little chicken shack called KFC!!!!!! Heaven! Last night we met a few people and we ended up going to a bar and drinking pints on the road for 6p a pint!!! Bargain!
