Posted by admin on January 19, 2011 under Vietnam travel News | 
The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed 300 overseas tourists and crew sailing aboard the cruise liner Princess Daphne, which docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 15.
This is the first second time the Portuguese luxury cruise liner has visited Vietnam .
The visitors, mostly from Australia , will explore popular tourism destinations in HCM City and the Mekong delta city of My Tho , including Ben Thanh market and Cu Chi tunnel.
Princess Dahne is scheduled to leave Vietnam on Jan. 16 and come back the country on Feb. 9 to make five-day a tour of Nha Trang, Ha Long and Da Nang .
In January, Saigontourist received 2,200 arrivals traveling on the cruise liner Costa Classica for a tour of HCM City-Da Nang-Ha Long from Jan. 22-26.
Source: Vietnam Plus
Posted by admin on under Vietnam tour, Vietnam travel News, Vietnam's World Heritage |
The tourism authority has chosen the World Heritage sites, the 1,000-year-old capital of Hanoi and the unique central coast as Vietnam’s highlights at the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2011.
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, deputy head of the marketing department of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), told the Daily on January 10 VNAT, the tourism authorities of Ho chi minh city, Danang, Phu Yen and Nghe An, and around 40 travel firms and hotels would join the event in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh from January 15 to January 21.
The Vietnamese delegation will showcase Vietnamese tourism products and services, and work with foreign buyers at the ATF Travex, a three-day travel trade mart set for January 19.
ASEAN member countries are among the main source markets of the domestic tourism sector along with China, Europe, and Northeast Asia. Tourist arrivals from ASEAN, mostly Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia, have also been on the rise in the past two years.
Cambodia is a case in point, with around 254,600 Cambodians visiting Vietnam in 2010, up 87% year-on-year.
The yearly forum will be attended by the 10 ASEAN countries to seek to promote ASEAN as a tourist destination. This year it goes with the theme “A World of Wonders and Diversity” and features other activities such as conference and travel exhibitions.
The ASEAN Tourism Conference will look into topics such as ecotourism and sustainable tourism in the region and management of tourism services in heritage sites.
According to a statement of the organizing committee, over 500 exhibition booths are occupied and around 1,000 buyers have put their names down to join the event.
Source: travelweekly.asia 
