Cruise board tourists succeed in Hue
The HCM City-based Saigontourist Travel Pairing Co provided services to many than 2,000 passengers and crew members of the SuperStar Person which docked at Chan May Port in the medial field of Thua Thien – Hue on December 31.
After they prefabricated a turn of Hue, the watercraft left for Ha Lengthened Bay on January 1.
The reality attribute place also welcomed writer than 300 passengers who came on populate the voyage ship Seabound Plume on the aforesaid day.
Carrier offers cheap fare
The private carrier will also increase the number of daily flights between the two cities to three from January 10 to meet rising demand from local and international tourists during Tet.
Kien Giang park attracts anglers
U Minh Thuong (Upper U Minh), a vast wetland rich in fish and water birds in the Mekong province of Kien Giang, has become a tourist attraction, especially for anglers.
Declared a national park in 2000, the 21,100-ha U Minh Thuong has a 44-ha bird sanctuary with more than 70,000 birds and 500ha set aside for tourists to go fishing.
Tourists have to pay VND40,000 (US$2) for a ticket which includes admission to the fishing area, a rod, and bait, while an optional boat costs VND30,000. If they catch any fish, they can ask locals for help to cook them right there with locally-grown vegetables.
One of the few protected tropical mangrove forests left in the world, the park is home to over 250 species of plants, 200 insects, 24 animals, and 180 birds, many of them rare and some in the red book of endangered creatures.
Hue monuments free for Tet
Visitors to Hue will get free admission to all monuments in the world heritage town during the three days of Tet (Lunar New Year) on January 23, 24 and 25.
The monuments include the Imperial Inner City, An Dinh Royal Palace, and the tombs of emperors Khai Dinh and Tu Duc.
“This is an annual promotion to offer local residents and visitors a chance to better enjoy Tet,” deputy director of the Hue Centre for Monument Conservation, Phan Thanh Hai, said.
On normal days foreign visitors pay VND55,000 for entry into the Imperial Inner City, while locals pay VND35,000.
More Viet kieu to return home
The number of Viet kieu (Overseas Vietnamese) coming back home through HCM City for Tet this year is expected to increase significantly, according to the deputy head of the HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, Tran Hoa Phuong.
He gave no figures but predicted a strong increase given the difficulty for people to book air tickets now despite an increase in the number of flights.
Last year during Tet around 400,000 overseas Vietnamese arrived via the city’s Tan Son Nhat Airport, according to the National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.
VietNamNet/Viet Nam News
