Cars driven by Chinese tourists enter Vietnam through Mong Cai border gate (Photo: dantri.com.vn) Beijing (VNA) – Vietnam andChina are set to expand self-driving tours in a border region, heard aconference co-held by Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh province and Dongxing city inChina’s southwest Guangzi Zhuang Autonomous Region on May 9.
The tours are currently allowed to runbetween Quang Ninh’s Mong Cai city and Dongxing city.
At the conference, the two sidesagreed to expand the area for the tour from Vietnam-China border to Guangxi’scities of Fangchenggang, Nanning and Guilin and Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city inthe future.
The Vietnamese government has allowedQuang Ninh to pilot self-drive tours from China to the province’s Ha Long citysince March.
Self-drive tours throughVietnam-China border have become a new attraction after the launch of the MongCai - Dongxing route in November 2016. As of April 2018, a total 146 vehiclescarrying 569 visitors travelled between the two cities.
During the four-day holidays from April28 celebrating National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day, the bordercity of Mong Cai welcomed about 50,000 tourists, with some 10,000 Chineseholiday-makers travelling through Mong Cai International Border Gate each day.
More than 4 million Chinese people visitedVietnam last year, representing a year-on-year surge of 48.6 percent.
In the first quarter of this year, Vietnamserved over 1.35 million Chinese tourists, a year-on-year rise of 42.9 percent.-VNA
