TRAVEL IN BRIEF 25/3

Published: 24/03/2011 05:00

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Lua Viet offers $1 Sai Gon River tours for students,
factory workers


The Lua Viet Tourism Company and Ben Nghe Tourism Boat has a
special Sai Gon River tourism programme for students and workers for the
unbelievable price of VND20,000 (US$1) person.

Southern schools, universities, factories and enterprises can
join the programme every morning, which caters for 500 – 900 persons each trip.

Tour guides will talk about the history of the river and HCM
City and organise fun games.

Insurance and drinking water for the three-hour trip is
included in the price.

“This is a fun and informative package for students and
workers, who can’t afford an expensive river tour,” Nguyen Van My, director of
the Lua Viet Toruism Company, said.

Organisers plan 60 trips from now to the end of the year and
will serve meals or stop along the way if customers require.


ASEAN considers single visa option


The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working
on a plan that would open the region to foreign tourists in the same way as
Europe with a unified visa system and streamlined travel arrangements. When the
plan is realised, travellers will be able to travel through all 10 ASEAN member
nations on a single tourist visa.

“You would just have to apply for one visa and you could then
visit all the countries using that visa,” said Eddy Krisneidi, an official at
the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat, which recently released its Tourism
Strategic Plan for the next five years.

ASEAN countries recorded more than 65 million foreign visitor
arrivals in 2009. Malaysia led the field, followed by Thailand, Singapore,
Indonesia, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei.


HCM City welcomes cruise ship


HCM City-based tour operator Viet Excursions welcomed 3,200
foreign cruise passengers in Ha Long, Nha Trang and HCM City on Monday.

Cruise ship Queen Mary II of the Cunard line brought in 2,500
passengers, mostly from England, the US and Australia to Nha Trang. As the
1,132ft long ship is too big to drop anchor at Nha Trang Port, the travel firm
agency used small boats to take tourists around Nha Trang Bay before it left for
Thailand the same day.

Seven hundred other passengers came on two cruise ships, Silver
Whisper, which docked in HCM City, and SeaBorne Pride that dropped an anchor in
Ha Long Bay.

Viet Excursion also received SilverSpirit in Hai Phong on
Wednesday and organised a Viet Nam tour for 2,600 passengers on board yesterday.


Tour agencies seek French market


Local tour operator La Palanche Voyages, Luxury Travel, Viet
Nam Originale and Cle Voyage participated in the 2011 Le Monde Paris (MAP)
International Tourism Fair that was held from March 17-20. Director of La
Palanche Voyages Nguyen Xuan Hai said his company considers France a strategic
market and wished to directly introduce its services to French as well as
European holidaymakers.

This year’s fair highlighted special festivals from different
countries throughout the world, such as the carnivals in Brazil, Belgium and the
northern region of France; harvest festivals of Croatia, Spain, Turkey and
Greece; and water festival of Myanmar.

The four-day fair, which presented travel products and services
of well-known travel firms, hotels and restaurants in more than 500 booths,
attracted over 100,000 visitors.


Tay Ho Restaurant lets diners get a taste of
Canada


The Don’s Tay Ho Restaurant off Xuan Dieu Street in Ha Noi has
begun a plan to promote Canadian cuisine.

The Great Taste of Canada event runed yesterday,
March 24, to April 10.

Canadian Ambassador Deborah Chatsis said she was proud and
delighted to be able to offer Hanoians an opportunity to experience the finest
cooking from Canada.

“I hope Vietnamese gourmets will enjoy the great quality of
Canadian cuisine from the pristine oceans and pastures of Canada,” she said.

“Canada has all the crucial requirements to supply Viet Nam
with quality agriculture products and beverages. It has a clean environment,
world-class agricultural practices and high standards of food inspection and
hygiene. We want delicious, safe, healthy Canadian foodstuffs and beverages to
become part of the modern Vietnamese fine-dining culture and lifestyle,” she
said.

Later in the year, Canadian food will also be promoted in HCM
City.


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