Travel
Capital welcomes 120,000 foreign visitors
The number of foreign holidaymakers to
Hanoi during this year’s Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival increased
sharply reaching 120,000, reported the municipal Department of Culture,
Sports and Tourism.
Ha Tinh to have a large-scale beach resort
Travel
Yen Tu Buddhist spring festival begins
Travel
Tourism booms in HCM City during Tet
The number of HCM City ’s people
travelling on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival
recorded a rise of 30 percent over the previous Tet with more than
40,000 people choosing local tours lasting for 3-5 days.
Farmers open homes to tourists
In some parts of the Cuu Long (Mekong)
Delta, one can see the amazing sight of westerners and other foreigners
wading in swamps and mud, foraging for shellfish and picking
waterlilies.
Foreign tourists to Hanoi, Da Nang on the rise
The number of foreign passengers
through the Noi Bai International Airport has sharply increased over
the first three days of the Year of the Tiger, said the airport’s
Border Customs Department.
Tram Chim National Park - an attractive destination for tourists
Tram Chim National Park, a reduced
model of Dong Thap Muoi, with a natural history of collective ecology
of geomorphology, hydrography and underwater creatures, appears to be
an attractive destination for both local and foreign visitors.
Travel
Hanoi-Macau air route opens
The budget carrier Viva Macau on February 13 officially opened a direct air
route to Hanoi with its first flight departing from the Macau Special
Administrative Region.
Hotels fully booked for traditional Tet holiday
Many hotels in the central and southern
regions have been fully booked for the Tet holidays as
the number of travelers has increased by 20 percent.
Int’l cruiser berths in Ha Long Bay
British cruise ship docks in HCM City
First white tigers displayed at Saigon Zoo
Foreign tourists join square rice cake wrapping contest
60 foreign families participated in a Vietnamese square rice cake (banh chung)
package contest at Seahorse resort in the southern province of Binh Thuan on
Jan.27.
Kien Giang province leases forest for tourism
The Mekong delta province of Kien Giang
has approved a forest lease plan for tourism development in the
2010-2015 period, which is considered to be a bold move to preserve
forest and tap its eco-tourism potential.
Hue plans sustainable tourism development
The People’s Committee of the imperial
Hue city hosted a workshop on making plan for Hue’s sustainable
tourism development by 2020 on Jan. 19.
Travel
Five more luxury hotels operational in Hanoi for Tourism Year
Hanoi plans to put into operation five
more luxury hotels, offering an additional 2,000 rooms during 2010, the
National Tourism Year.
Vietnam’s first Buddhist pilgrimage tour on horizon
Vietnam ’s first ever Buddhist
pilgrimage tour will be launched on January 15 with stops planned for
10 pagodas located in the southwestern region, according to the tour
organiser.
Plans for tours of Hanoi by electric car
The district of Hoan Kiem in central Hanoi and the Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company
will introduce two inner city tours using battery-charged electric
cars.
International tourists to reach 1.6 billion by 2020
The UN World Tourism Organisation’s
(UNWTO) Tourism Vision for 2020 forecasts that international tourist
arrivals are expected to reach over 1.56 billion by the year 2020.
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