Vietnam has seen a significant increase in the number of foreign tourists travelling to the country by sea but poor infrastructure and a lack of high-quality services for cruise tourism may hinder growth.
About 92,000 holidaymakers visited central Thua Thien-Hue province during the 10-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 5-14, up 16 percent from last Tet.
The central province of Thua Thien - Hue is speeding up the completion of Chan May port’s Wharf No. 1 in a bid to welcome 60,000 tourists, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van
The luxury cruise liner Celebrity Millennium of Malta with over 1,600
tourists and crew members docked at the Chan May port in the central
province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 7.
Cai Mep port in the southern province of Ba Ria- Vung Tau will welcome
four international cruise liners in early this month, carrying over
7,000 tourists to Vietnam.
The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) on December 24
received 3,500 passengers and crew members on board luxury cruise ship
Celebrity Millennium from the US.
The Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Celebrity Millennium cruise ship
carrying about 2,200 foreign visitors docked at Hon Gai port in Ha Long
city, Quang Ninh province on November 12.
This year, more than 34,000 international cruise holiday-makers
landed in Chan May port to visit Hue ’s imperial sites in the central
province of Thua Thien–Hue.
The five-star cruise liner Celebrity Millennium of the Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines of the US with 2,100 tourists and over 1,000 crew
members docked at the Chan May port in the central province of Thua
Thien-Hue on March 11.
The five-star cruise liner Celebrity Millennium of Malta on February 11
docked at the Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue,
carrying over 2,100 foreign tourists and nearly 1,000 crew.
Over 3,000 tourists and crew members aboard the five-star cruise
liner Celebrity Millennium on December 13 began their six-day
trans-Vietnam tour as it docked at the Tan Cang Cai Mep port in the
southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The luxury US cruise ship Seven Seas Voyager on February 20 anchored at
Chan May port in central Thua Thien-Hue province, bringing 600 tourists
to world-renowned sites in the central region.
As many as 30,000 tourists visited imperial Hue’s relics in the
central province of Thua Thien–Hue during the first three days
of the Year of the Snake.
