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VietNamNet Bridge – The socio-economic structure of foreign tourists to Vietnam is changing. The number of luxury travelers, who stay in nice hotels and spend lots of money, is on the rise, while the number of backpackers is decreasing. The number of Japanese and South Koreans also rose healthily in 2007 with 430,000 and 470,000, respectively. However, analysts warn the number of visitors from the two regional nations has...

VietNamNet Bridge – Can Tho is speeding up the process of upgrading tourism facilities and services with the National Tourism Year 2008 festivities to be held in the city only three months away, said an official. The city has upgraded hotels and built new ones, raising its number of hotels to 126 with more than 3,132 rooms. Khanh said the city's tourist companies have increased activities to promote tourism, including improving their tourism services and tourist sites and...

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VietNamNet Bridge – Local travel agencies complain that unlicensed travel businesses are ‘playing dirty’ to scramble for clients, warning that if the situation cannot be improved, cruise travelers will stay away from Vietnam . The only thing the businesses do is to ‘coax’ travelers to go on the tours they organize instead of the ones provided by legal firms. These illegal companies always offer low tour fees because they do not have to...

Upon seeing a little hand waving desperately in the river, Arundell immediately jumped out of the boat, diving in the Tien River to save the little girl. 'We did not actually see how that happened... I only saw someone in the water, Arundell recalled the scene before he dived into the river to save the girl, who was around four or five years old. No one on the boat understood instantly what happened when Arundell plunged himself into the river, said Nguyen Huu Dat, a tour guide of...

VietNamNet Bridge – Located in the coastal resort village of Mui Ne in Phan Thiet City full of sea breezes in four seasons, the Forest Restaurant is not only a strange name to passers-by, but also a place that has attracted international and local diners by its green landscapes as well as special dishes. Apart from the greenery created by natural landscapes for diners to relax while having meals, the Forest Restaurant delights gourmets with tables and chairs made from old...

VietNamNet Bridge – A model for eco-tourism in a remote, mostly Thai-speaking village, high in the mountains of northern Son La Province, is about to be tested. The experiment in Chieng Yen Commune’s Phu Mau 2 village, Moc Chau district, will be based on research by the Netherlands Development Organisation. The Dutch organization began a consultancy programme intended to support the district’s remote, poor villages in a new type of tourism based on available resources in...

The daily new route between HCMC and Hai Phong is the third local service launched after flights from HCMC to Nha Trang and Hue. Another new route between HCMC and Vinh in the central region is to start on January 25, 2008. (Source: SGGP)

1. National Tourism Year in Thai Nguyen Province: This year Thai Nguyen Province welcomed 1.02 million visitors, including 25,000 foreign tourists, 120% over its year target. million foreign tourist arrived in Vietnam on a Vietnam Airlines Bangkok-Hanoi flight. He was an American named David Magidson. This event marked the first time over 4 million visitors have arrived in Vietnam within a year. It is estimated that around 4.2 million foreign visitors will come to Vietnam in 2007....