Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed 2,500 overseas tourists and crew aboard the cruise liner Costa Classica, which docked at the Navi Oil port in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.

The visitors, mostly from Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany, will explore popular tourist spots in HCM City and the Mekong Delta city of My Tho such as Ben Thanh market, Tan Thanh fishing port and Cu Chi tunnel, and enjoy water puppet performances and the local cuisine.

Later the same day, the ship will depart from HCM City to Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang for its passengers to tour the city as well as several other destinations in the central region such as Hoi An, My Son and Hue.

The cruise liner is scheduled to make another trip to Vietnam on Nov. 23./.