The Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed 5,000 European tourists and crew sailing aboard the cruise liners Costa Romantica and Costa Classica, which docked at the Lotus and Navi Oil ports in HCM City on November 2.

The visitors will have a six-day trans-Vietnam tour.

In November this year, Costa Classica is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam on November 15 and 23 for Ha Long-Da Nang and Ha Long-Da Nang-Nha Trang-HCM City tours.

Saigontourist has welcomed more than 45,000 tourists arriving by sea so far this year, mostly from Europe./.