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The international community has continued to show support to Viet Nam’s World Heritage site of Ha Long.
During a promotional event in Ha Long City on Sunday, Brunei Ambassador to Viet Nam Dato Mahadi Wasli said he was confident that Ha Long Bay will keep topping the new wonders of the world voting.
Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been leading votes on the website www.new7wonders.com in the past two weeks. Viet Nam’s Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang grotto and Fansipan mountain are competing with more than 200 candidates to be included in the contest.
Saigontourist brings in 5,000 cruise ship passengers weekly
Saigontourist Travel Service Company welcomed a record 5,000 tourists in the past week, all of whom were travelling on five luxury cruise ships.
The cruise ships of Costa Allegra, SuperStar Libra, Saga Rose, Europa and Columbus anchored at Sai Gon Port, Ha Long Bay, Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port and Nha Trang. Saigontourist has received about 13,000 cruise tourists so far this year.
The company has also arranged land tours this year for thousands of cruise tourists from Western Europe and Austria to renowned tourist spots such as Ha Long Bay, Hue Imperial Palace, Hoi An, HCM City’s Notre Dame Cathedral, Cu Chi tunnels and the Mekong Delta.
India, Viet Nam to top destination lists for German travellers by 2015
India and Viet Nam are expected to top the list of popular destinations for outbound German travellers by 2015, according to a study by Tourism Intelligence International (TII).
The rising popularity of the new destinations will be part of a major shift in German travel as the country’s population levels stagnate.
This will lead to virtually zero growth in the volume of travellers but will create significant changes in where and how Germans travel, as well as in their booking patterns.
"As destinations can expect more competition for a share of a pie that will no longer be growing, marketers will have to look beyond the numbers," said TII Managing Director Dr Auliana Poon.
Madagui theme park to host triathlon on Sunday
A triathlon will take place at the Madagui Adventure Theme Park in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong this Sunday.
Participants will be competing in the triathlon in teams of two in either the "extreme" or "adventure" skill level. The Madagui Trophy Triathlon will consist of mountain biking through forests, running through jungles and swimming in rivers.
The HCM City-based VietAdventure Co., the event’s organiser, said some 100 local and foreign athletes had registered for the triathlon, the first event of this type in the region.
New York Times writer wants to sample the local snake wine
In an article in the New York Times on March 9, writer Neil Samson Katz said unlike other visitors who came to Viet Nam for food or the beaches, he and his wife were visiting to taste traditional drinks, including snake wine.
Katz went to Viet Nam’s northern provinces in January, sampling homemade rice wine in the Sa Pa area. During his stay there, Katz and his wife witnessed the way local people made traditional wines from rice and maize.
Katz found that many Vietnamese have kept their habit of sipping various wines distilled with herbal blends.
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