Cruise ship brings nearly 2,000 visitors to Quang Ninh
Malta-flagged cruise ship Mein Schiff 5 docked in Quang Ninh province on March 6, carrying nearly 2,000 European visitors to the famous tourist destination in the north of Vietnam.
Mein Schiff 5 ship docked in Quang Ninh province on March 6 (Photo: baoquangninh.vn)The visitors are scheduled to explore a number of tourist attractions in the locality, including Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Natural Heritage Site, as well as the local culture and cuisine in Ha Long city before leaving the province for Hong Kong (China) in the evening of the same day.
This is the second and the biggest cruise ship having arrived in Quang Ninh since the beginning of this year.
Earlier on January 22, or the first day of the Year of the Cat, Silver Spirit cruise ship also carried 500 tourists to Ha Long. The city is about to welcome at least four other foreign ships with thousands of visitors in March.
Mein Schiff 5 ship carried nearly 2,000 European visitors to Quang Ninh (Photo: baoquangninh.vn)This year, the province aims for 15 million visitors, including 2 million foreigners, and a tourism revenue of 32.4 trillion VND (1.36 billion USD)./.
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