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Ha Long Bay festival kicks off[Code: 3188]
This year’s annual festival is dedicated to the sea, land and sky. The festival is a massive cultural and sports event in order to highlight Quang Ninh Province’s beauty and geological wonders and Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After the opening ceremony, traditional performers walked in procession along the streets of Ha Long. There were more than 2,000 performers at the festival. Many came from difference countries, such as India, South Korea, Spain and China. Many of...Phan Thiet hotel named Vietnam’s finest[Code: 3187]
The list was drawn up after an extensive survey of 16,000 hotel reviews. It was followed by Hanoi Elegance Boutique Hotel, Novotel Nha Trang, and Park Hyatt Saigon. For the ranking, VietnamTravel.org collected hotel reviews from major websites like Yahoo Travel, Tripadvisor, Booking.com, and Agoda.com. Hotels with more than 10 reviews were then ranked on their overall score, as were six major tourist destinations that have consistently received great customer...Exploring ethnic culture in an eco-tourist area[Code: 3186]
VietNamNet Bridge – Cu Chi, a suburban district of HCMC, is famous to tourists for its network of tunnels that was important in the country’s victory in its war against America. But less famous is an eco-tourist site only eight kilometers from the tunnels. The “Cu Chi eco-tourist area of ethnic culture” sits on 25 hectares of the 200 hectare Fosaco Farm in Nhuan Duc Commune, 50 kilometers from HCMC. The facility, which introduces the culture of the country’s ethnic...TRAVEL IN BRIEF 24/4[Code: 3185]
Da Lat to build a new ethnic craft village The Da Lat-based Nang Mai Company is building a craft village for ethnic minorities in Mangline hamlet. With an initial investment of VND5 billion US$270,000, the craft village will have five long houses built on a five-ha hill. The village, construction of which is scheduled to be completed in September, will admit 200 students for training on sewing, knitting and brocade weaving. Victoria hotel hosts fifth boat race in Chau Doc...
Only one international air route to Da Nang[Code: 3184]
VietNamNet Bridge – With the closing of the Da Nang-Siem Reap-Bangkok air route developed by Thai PB Air, there is now only one direct international air route to the central city of Da Nang. According to Cuong, the halting of PB Air’s route will not greatly impact the city because PB Air only used small aircrafts able to carry 50 passengers per flight. Moreover, travellers going to Da Nang city and the central region mainly arrive by...Int’l tourist arrivals forecast to reach 5.2mil by 2012[Code: 3183]
VietNamNet Bridge – The global market research firm RNCOS has projected that the number of international visitors to Vietnam will reach 5.2 million in four years’ time, with an annual growth rate of 6.5%. RNCOS’s “Vietnam Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012” report puts international tourist arrivals in the country at 4.3 million this year, 4.5 million next year, 4.8 million in 2011 and 5.2 million in 2012. The company’s forecast for this year is the same as the...Visiting Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum in Kien Giang[Code: 3182]
VietNamNet Bridge – Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum in Phu Quoc Island will open on April 30 to mark the 34th anniversary of the Reunification Day of the country. This museum is the result of the profound passion for preservation of a young couple, Huynh Phuoc Hue and Nguyen Thi Phuong Dai. Nestled by a small hill on Tran Hung Dao Street, Dong Duong Toan Commune, Phu Quoc District in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, five-storey Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum is an ideal...French cyclists reminded of home on tour of Viet Nam[Code: 3181]
VietNamNet Bridge – A group of European cyclists say they chose Viet Nam as a destination because of its French-built structures and traditional customs that still linger despite years of change. Christian Serniclay, one of 28 tourists travelling across the country for 26 days by bicycle, said Viet Nam reminded them of France. The cyclists, all of whom are French except for two from the Netherlands, are members of the Federation Francaise de Cyclotourisme, which organises...
Hanoi: Five-star hotel occupancy rate only reach 52%[Code: 3180]
Many five-star hotels do not want to cotinue to reducing room rate because they are afraid that it will be hard to increase cost when the market recovers. VietNamNet Bridge - 2009 showed that room usage at 10 five-star hotels in Hanoi only reached 52 percent, a 10 percent decrease year on year. This resulted from a sharp decrease in the number of tourists and foreign businessmen, in spite of room prices being reduced to USD 139 a night on average, a decrease of 14...Over 1,300 promotional air fares on sale to simulate domestic travel[Code: 3179]
Vietnam Airlines now applies the promotional fare rate for 10 travel agents in Ho Chi Minh City and plans to consider discounts for 10 more members in its domestic travel stimulus group. However, this is the first time the program has been conducted, thus some travel agents had to negotiate to sell out the reduced price tours. As scheduled, the number of tourists on discounted price tours will increase next month, especially during the April 30 th and May 1 st holiday....Vietnamese tourists flocking to nearby countries during May holiday[Code: 3178]
VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms polled by VietNamNet said that they have stopped accepting new bookings for tours on the April 30 – May 1 holiday. The number of travelers in the north signing up for tours abroad is sharply higher this year. Vietnamese travelers now like traveling abroad Do Son beach Deputy Director Nguyen Cong Hoan of Hanoi Redtour said that his agency expects to serve 45 groups of travelers on the May...
Jetstar Pacific increases flights on domestic routes[Code: 3177]
In particular, JP will operate one more flight departing from Hanoi to HCMC at 7 am to meet the demand of businessmen. With this, JP will have 11 flights a day on the Hanoi-HCMC route. Daily flights between HCMC and Danang will be increased to four. Flights departing from HCMC to Danang will leave at 6.45 am, 10.45 am, 3 pm and 7.30 pm while from Danang to HCMC departures will be at 8.30 am, 12.30 pm, 4.45 pm, and 9.15 pm. The Hanoi- Danang route will have two flights a...Tourists heading to Sa Pa en masse for upcoming holiday[Code: 3176]
VietNamNet Bridge – The nation’s unification day (April 30) and May Day still a week away, tickets for the Hanoi-Lao Cai trains for the holiday are all sold out. All hotels and inns in Sa Pa are fully booked. Due to hot weather in the last several days, the number of travellers from northern provinces wanting to head to Sa Pa has sharply risen. The prices of hotel rooms in the resort town have increased quickly, especially for the time from April 28 to May 2. The...
Beyond Vinh Hy Bay[Code: 3175]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vinh Hy is blessed with unique beauty and charm; no matter how often you visit Vinh Hy and the surrounding areas, you will discover a new attraction every time. First time visitors typically choose to take a cruise in the bay in Ninh Thuan Province to see the coral reefs and the many islands and rocks with their fascinating shapes, like an ear or a turtle, or a hand with fingers stretching to the sky. Travelers on their second or third visits tend to...Travel firms resume tours to Thailand[Code: 3174]
VietNamNet Bridge – Local travel companies have resumed their tours to Thailand while airlines report bookings for their flights to and from Bangkok on the way to normalcy after anti-government protesters dispersed in the country’s capital city last week. and TST have re-organized their tours to Thailand four days after temporary postponement and call-offs for the reason that political uncertainties in Bangkok could endanger the safety of their guests. Lai Minh Duy,...Page 61 of 248 Displaying results 901 to 915 of 3718
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