TRAVEL IN BRIEF 7/6

Published: 06/06/2010 05:00

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Vietnam Airlines opens Hanoi-Chu Lai air route; Hanoi launches tour to encourage longer stays; Website for tourists makes debut; Luxury hotels launch promotion programme; Vietnam welcomes more foreign tourists by sea


Vietnam Airlines opens Hanoi-Chu Lai air route

A new direct air route from Hanoi to Chu Lai in the central region began on June 2, bringing the total number of domestic routes that Vietnam Airlines operates to 34.

It will schedule four flights a week to the Chu Lai, open economic zone in Quang Nam province on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Nguyen Sy Hung, the national carrier’s chairman said that this new route, along with the Ho Chi Minh City-Chu Lai route, will contribute to socio-economic development not only in Quang Nam and neighbouring Quang Ngai province where the Dung Quat Industrial Zone exists but also to all the other provinces in the central region.

Phan Huu Hung, office manager of the Central Airport Corporation, said that Vietnam Airlines had recognised the demand and had added flights from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to two airports in central Vietnam. They are Vinh airport in Nghe An Province and Phu Cat airports in Binh Dinh Province.

In addition to the Chu Lai and Ho Chi Minh City flights beginning on June 2, Vietnam Airlines will launch a Chu Lai-Hanoi route, which should be advantageous for the Chu Lai Economic Zone in central Quang Nam Province.

International airlines from Russia and the Republic of Korea have also opened direct flights to Cam Ranh International Airport in central Nha Trang City, he said.

Agencies in the central region are hastening to upgrade the infrastructure of airports to meet demand for air travel.

A project to widen Phu Cat Airport in Binh Dinh Province, for instance, is expected to be completed by September. Once finished, the airport will be able to receive more flights and serve more passengers.

Under the Government’s revised zoning plan for international airports, the country will have 10 international airports by 2015, four of which are in Phu Bai, Da Nang, Chu Lai and Cam Ranh.

Currently, Chu Lai airport is seeking investors to expand its runway and other facilities so that it can meet grade 4E standards of the international Civil Aviation Organisation. It is projected to receive 4.1 million passengers by 2015.

Da Nang International Airport is also being upgraded to receive two million passengers by next year and four million passengers a year by 2015.

By 2015, international airports in the region are expected to receive a combined 16 million passengers, which will allow localities to exploit their advantages in transportation, tourism and business, Hung said.

Seven airports in the central region received a total of nearly 4,200 flights during the first quarter of the year, an increase of 12% over the same period last year, he said.

Also, the number of passengers travelling through airports in the central region increased by 15% to nearly 1.3 million. The volume of goods handled at airports went up by 63%.

Hanoi launches tour to encourage longer stays

A new tour taking visitors to eco-tourism, cultural and historic sites in the Ba Vi district of Hanoi will be launched in July this year in an effort to attract more tourists to the capital on its 1000th birthday.

The tour, put together and run by Hanoi’s Tourism Promotion and Information Centre, will take in famous and popular sites such as Ba Vi National Park, Hai Spring, Va Temple, Khoang Xanh and Dam Long.

It is hoped that the new tour will encourage visitors to extend their stay in the capital.

Website for tourists makes debut

A website at the address of
http://www.impressivevietnam.vn has recently been launched in response to the National Tourism Promotion Programme 2010 entitled ‘Vietnam – Your Destination’ held by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The website provides domestic and foreign tourists with information on promotional programmes of the tourism sector.

It also introduces relevant names, address and products of tourist agencies as well as available information and register form for localities and agencies who would like to join the Promotion Programme.

Luxury hotels launch promotion programme

A promotion programme on a 10 – 50% discount of the price of room was kicked off by series of luxuries hotels in Khanh Hoa province, announced the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The programme aims to hit the target of welcoming 1.76 million visitors and reaching the total revenue of VND 1,750 billion in 2010.

Hotels registered to take part in the programme include the four-star Yasaka- Saigon- Nha Trang hotel, five-star Evason Ana Mandara hotel, five-star Sunrise Nha Trang hotel, Vinpearl Land Resort & Spa, Lodge hotel, etc.

Vietnam welcomes more foreign tourists by sea

Saigontourist welcomed 2,100 tourists aboard the Costa Romantica cruise liner which anchored at the Navi Oil port, Ho Chi Minh City, on June 1.

The visitors, who are Italian, Spanish, British and German, will make a tour of Ho Chi Minh City and the central region, with main destinations being Da Nang, Hoi An, My Son and Hue city, within three days.

In the first half of the year, Saigontourist received 37,000 sea visitors, mostly from the European countries.

New Air route between Da Nang and Da Lat cities to be opened

The Da Nang City People’s Committee and Lam Dong province have signed an agreement with Vietnam Airlines to re-open an air route connecting Da Nang and Da Lat.

Beginning in mid-June, the carrier will operate at least four flights per week from Da Nang to Da Lat with ATR72 aircraft, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.

The air route was re-opened to satisfy the demand of residents in the area as well as promote tourism development of two key tourism cities in the central and Central Highlands region.

PV

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