Ha Long Bay receives 11,000 tourists on New Year days

Over 11,000 tourists flocked to Ha Long Bay in the northern province
of Quang Ninh during the first two days of 2011, up 10 percent over
the same period last year.

Of the total, foreign visitors made up of 80 percent.

On this occasion, streets, restaurants and hotels in Ha Long city are
decorated with banners of Happy New Year and several major hotels such
as Ha Long Plaza, Grand Ha Long and Novotel organised a wide range of
attractive activities for visitors.

In late 2010,
the Ha Long (Quang Ninh) – Fangchenggang ( China ) cruise officially
reopened after a long suspension, joining other international cruise
ships to bring foreign tourists to Ha Long Bay.

Last year, Quang Ninh welcomed 5.4 million visitors, up 12 percent as
compared to the previous year and earned 2.9 trillion VND from the
tourism, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent.

In
2011, the province’s tourism sector planned to receive 5.4 million
holiday makers, including 2.5 million foreigners and achieve a turnover
of 3 trillion VND./.

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Thai tops foreign visitors to Hue

The number of Thai visitors to the ancient capital city of Hue has
increased from 4.7 percent in 2005 to 24 percent in 2010, ranking first
in the list of foreign arrivals to the city.

As many as 6,000 Thai tourists arrived in Hue in a single day this year.

This is the result of the close cooperation between Vietnam , Laos
and Thailand in improving transport infrastructure, expanding trade
exchanges across the borders and reforming migration procedures to
facilitate tourism services.

Especially, the East-West
Economic Corridor stretching through Myanmar , Thailand and Laos
to Vietnam has opened up a lot of economic cooperation opportunities
for member countries and the East sea bordered region, particularly in
the tourism sector.

As of early December this year,
the central province of Thua Thien-Hue had received 1.36 million
visitors, a year-on-year increase of 11.7 percent, of which the number
of foreign visitors to Hue city increased by 7.9 percent. The
province’s tourism industry earned 774 billion VND, up 20.4 percent as
compared to the same period last year./.

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Vietnam Airlines cuts international tickets by 85 percent

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced an up to 85 percent discount on nearly 90,000 international flight tickets bought between September 30 and October 10.

Passengers planning to take off between October 15 and December 31 and between April 1 and May 31 can buy the discounted tickets at Vietnam Airlines agencies nationwide or via its website www.vietnamairlines.com.

The tickets will also be available at the International Tourism Exhibition between September 30 and October 2 organized at Saigon Seminar and Exhibition Center at 799 Nguyen Van Linh Street.

Under the program, round trip tickets to Southeast Asian countries will be discounted 85 percent, to Laos and Cambodia 74 percent, to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan 80 percent, to Japan and South Korea 82 percent, Australia 50 percent and European countries such as France, Germany, Russia 40 precent.

But the program will not be applied on flights around April 30 – the country’s reunification day and May 1 – Labor Day, which is the travel prime time as people have days off.

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Vietnam Airlines cuts international tickets by 85 percent

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced an up to 85 percent discount on nearly 90,000 international flight tickets bought between September 30 and October 10.

Passengers planning to take off between October 15 and December 31 and between April 1 and May 31 can buy the discounted tickets at Vietnam Airlines agencies nationwide or via its website www.vietnamairlines.com.

The tickets will also be available at the International Tourism Exhibition between September 30 and October 2 organized at Saigon Seminar and Exhibition Center at 799 Nguyen Van Linh Street.

Under the program, round trip tickets to Southeast Asian countries will be discounted 85 percent, to Laos and Cambodia 74 percent, to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan 80 percent, to Japan and South Korea 82 percent, Australia 50 percent and European countries such as France, Germany, Russia 40 precent.

But the program will not be applied on flights around April 30 – the country’s reunification day and May 1 – Labor Day, which is the travel prime time as people have days off.

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