The joint-venture travel firm Lanta-An Travel will welcome 116 well-to-do Russian tourists on a chartered flight this Thursday as part of the company’s program to receive dozens of more such flights in the next few months, said the company.
Travelling by air from place to place can be a convenient way to explore the country on a tight schedule, but it removes travellers away from one of the more interesting parts of the country.
This 18-day package includes all the Vietnam essential travel highlights such as trekking in Sapa, kayaking in Halong bay world wonder, then cycling around Mekong delta and finally enjoying leisure holidays on the Vietnam most charming beach, Mui Ne, Phan Thiet.
Considered one of the most beautiful places to visit in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan, the Mui Ne Ward of Phan Thiet Town is most famous for its vast sand dunes.
VietnamTravel.org, a travel guide, announced that Cham Villas in the southeastern costal city of Phan Thiet tops its list of "Vietnam's Finest Hotels" for 2009.The list was drawn up after an extensive survey of 16,000 hotel reviews.
For those who want to have a different kind of adventure when visiting Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan Province, an all-terrain vehicle is one of the best choices. All-terrain vehicles can now be hired from Mui Ne Investment Co.Ltd. (Mico) for an exciting trip on the sandy terrain, including up many hills around the city.
The central province of Binh Thuan is a longstanding favorite with tourists for its famous Phan Thiet beach town, Mui Ne, the Cham towers and an array of beautiful landscapes.
The two golf clubs Dalat Palace and Ocean Dunes are offering “hole-in-one†packages combining golf tours and accommodation in the Central Highlands resort city and the coastal central city of Phan Thiet in Binh Thuan Province.
Tet, Vietnam's longest holiday of the year, marks the beginning of spring and will come earlier than usual this year, between January 23 and 31. This festive time offers a chance for a journey around the country in the freshness of spring.
Travel agencies in the city have dropped their prices for both domestic and foreign tours to lure more customers during the last weeks of the year. Vietravel is offering five and six-day tours to Thailand with Lufthansa for between US$324 and $334 respectively, and a six-day tour to Beijing at $399. These prices are up to $60 lower.
The 6th round of the Asian Faldo Golf Championship 2008 will tee off at the Ocean Dunes golf course in Phan Thiet of central coastal Binh Thuan province on Sept. 27.
The Saigontourist Travel Service Company (STS) announced Friday it received more than 6,500 domestic MICE tourists last month, an 89 percent year-on-year increase. STS said Epic Designer, Prudential and Rang Dong Plastic Company alone booked Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) tours for their 3,100 workers.
A cavalcade of 60 cars arrived in central Binh Thuan Province on June 12 to promote tourism in the province and call for investment in the sector. Starting from Ho Chi Minh City, more than 170 members of the delegation, mostly from businesses and travel and media agencies, paraded along the main streets of Phan Thiet City. They also organised a music and dance gala night and a fashion show for evening entertainment.
Central Vietnam’s natural offerings are overshadowed by hackneyed tourism services.
Dutch travel agent Jame Clain says leaders in central Vietnam should dream up more imaginative ways to attract tourists, rather than just relying on its beaches.
Adventure tours were first introduced to Vietnam at the end of 1990s by a French group, and now adventure tours are a growing choice for travellers to Vietnam. According to international experts, three quarters of Vietnam’s territory is made up of mountains, rivers and oceans, caves and forests just waiting to be explored.
From now until April 30, HCMC-based Ben Thanh Tourist is offering four special tours to destinations in the south, serving the demands of those want to combine travel with a pilgrimage to pray for good fortune during the traditional Lunar New Year holiday.
Golfasian, one of Asia's leading golf travel operators, announced two new luxury Golf Lifestyle Experienceâ„¢ tours. The "Thailand Golf Expedition" is a 14 day itinerary combining the seven best Thailand championship golf courses in four destinations (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, River Kwai, and Hua Hin) with adventure activities such as elephant riding, rafting, hill tribe village visits, island hopping and live tiger feedings.
HCM City tourism agencies have been scrambling to book domestic and foreign tours to take advantage of a six-day Tet (Lunar New Year) that will begin on February 6. The number of bookings for tours offered by major companies like Saigontourist, Vietravel and Fiditour have doubled over last year.
More than 150 golfers will compete in the 12th annual tournament dubbed the Gannon Vietnamese Championship at Ocean Dunes Golf Club in Phan Thiet this weekend. The tournament will tee off on Saturday morning and later be complemented by a barbeque lunch with appetizers at the club-house.
Patriot and poet Nguyen Thong made several trips through virgin forests and mountains in search of safety during the fight against the French before submitting a report to King Tu Duc in 1877. During the final month of his journey, he covered La Ngau, Gia An, Bien Lac Lake and a number of other sites that still exist today in Binh Thuan Province.
To offer a variety of tours for summer vacations, Saigontourist Travel Service has a fresh range of tours for domestic and foreign tourists. More tours and a greater frequency increase the likelihood of something suiting most people. There�re the tours to Cambodia now starting on Thursdays and Sundays, and the Dalat tours starting on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
