The Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed 2,500 European tourists and crew sailing aboard the cruise liner Costa Classica, which docked at the Lotus port in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.

The visitors most from Italy , Spain , Germany , and the United Kingdom will have a five-day trans-Vietnam tour.

After docking at the Lotus port, the visitors will visit Ho Chi Minh City , Cu Chi tunnel, and My Tho city in the Mekong Delta.

The ship will then leave Ho Chi Minh City for Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang .

It will arrive at Ha Long Bay on January 25 for discovering the bay’s beautiful landscape.

In the evening of January 26, the ship will leave Ha Long bay, finishing its tour in Vietnam .

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