The southern province of An Giang officially launched the first “Agricultural Tourism” tour for 30 international visitors on April 12.
The travellers departed from Long Xuyen city to watch a boat race in Chau Doc town and enjoy the Khmer people’s Chol Chnam Thmay traditional festival in Tri Ton district.
They also visited the Cam mountain in Tinh Bien district.
Vietnam travel firms are introducing discounted tours to celebrate Liberation and Labour Day holidays on April 30 and May 1
visitors travel to Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon-tourist said it planned to offer a 10-20 per cent discount on 20 domestic tours.
The most popular tours are in coastal locations, including Nha Trang, Halong, Con Dao Island, Phu Quoc Island and Phan Thiet.
Tours to Da Lat in the central region and Sapa in the northwestern region are also very attractive.
The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1, and is expected to attract a large number of visitors.
Sapa Tourism Week
Various activities will take place during the week, including the love market in Sapa town and the cloud festival on Ham Rong mountain, which spotlights the traditional culture of ethnic minority groups, such as the Xa Pho, Dao, Mong, Giay and Tay.
Hue tours, More than 10 left-hand drive cars carrying tourists from Thailand arrived in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 11 on a caravan tour.
Thai visitors on caravan tour
They were welcomed at the Lao Bao border in Quang Tri Province by Huong Giang travel agents.
The tourists are scheduled to visit Vinh Moc tunnel in Quang Tri, Phong Nha-Ke Bang world natural heritage site in Quang Binh, the former imperial city of Hue (Hue tours), Lang Co beach, the Cham museum and Non Nuoc stone carving village in Da Nang, and the ancient city of Hoi An Vietnam .
Costa Classica makes maiden visit to Halong Bay
visit to Halong Bay
The five-star cruise ship Costa Classica arrived in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province on Monday, bringing in 1,600 tourists, mainly from Italy, France, Germany and the UK.
Costa Classica belongs to the Costa Crociere S.p.A Group and is part of the maritime tourism group, Carnival. It also owns the cruise ships Costa Allegra and Costa Marina that regularly bring tourists to Halong Vietnam (Halong tours).
It is getting hotter and hotter as summer approaches. Ben Thanh Tourist is offering cluster of summer Vietnam tours to escape the hustle and bustle of life in city as well as to discover nature and to have wonderful holidays at splendid landscapes and nice beaches.
Vinh Hy Bay in Vietnam
The one-day tour to Binh Chau Hot Spring and Ho Coc Beach, located amidst primeval forest only 150 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, promises a wonderful day with hot springs and mud baths to reduce stress and alleviate nervous skin-diseases, system-diseases and toxicosis chronic disease, as well as improving rheumatism and improving circulation.
On the occasion of the Republic of Korea Embassy and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourismopening a showroom at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel to promote the image of Halong Bay in support of its race to become one of the seven new world wonders, VietNamNet talked with Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Chien Thang, who is also the Chief of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, about current developments in the selection.
Vietnam tourism to be broadcast on Star World channel
A nine-minute clip about Vietnam’s images, people, culture, history and ‘must’ tourist destinations will be broadcast on the international television channel Star World at the Mrs World 2009 Final Night in Vung Tau city on November 22, said the Organising Board of Mrs World 2009.
This channel will live broadcast the Mrs World 2009 Final Night to 800 million viewers worldwide. Recently, there have been 73 nations registering to join Mrs World 2009.
Foreign Airlines join tourism stimulus package
Travel firms in the north have reported they have closed some tours for the May holiday. Meanwhile, in the south, people are still travelling, keeping a deaf ear to the information that global citizens now have to tighten their purse strings. It is expected that many people will still tour, though the number f tourists will be a bit lower than previous years.
traveller in Vietnam
The Republic of Korea (RoK) Embassy and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) on April 7 opened a showroom at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel to promote the image of Ha Long Bay in support for its race to become one of seven new world wonders.
Halong bay in Vietnam
Speaking at the opening ceremony, RoK Ambassador Im Hong-jae said that the RoK community in Vietnam has always paid attention to voting for Halong Bay.