Princess Cruises will bring 80,000 foreign tourists to Viet Nam this year. — VNS Photo Princess Cruises, a five-star premium cruise line, on Tuesday announced that it would bring 80,000 international tourists to Viet Nam this year, 40 per cent more than last year. Farriek Tawfik, Southeast Asia director of Princess Cruises, said 31 ships would arrive in Viet Nam this year, 17 of them in Phu My, 10 in Nha Trang and the rest mostly in Da Nang and Cai Lan. He told Viet Nam News that Viet Nam had become an increasingly popular destination for his company’s guests from the US, Australia, the EU and Asia. The company has announced it would organise a travel fair in HCM City on February 10 and 11. At the fair, the company will also launch its Mediterranean and Europe sailing itineraries for summer 2018 for five ships. Tawfik said though now only 0.1 per cent of Vietnamese were cruise customers, the country was a promising market. He quoted a report from the Cruise Line International Association saying that demand in Viet Nam had increased by 126 per cent between 2012 and 2016 to 4,100, the largest increase for any Asian country. He also quoted a report form Boston Consulting Group saying that the middle and affluent classes in Viet Nam would double to 33 million, or a third of the population by 2020, which makes it an attractive market for consumer brands. With the rise of the middle class, the demand… [Read full story]
The nation’s reputation as an attractive tourist destination continues spiraling upwards in the eyes of international tourists, and this heightened image is spilling over into positive reports by the international mass media. In the first half of this year, many Vietnamese tourism sites were cited by the international mass media as among the world’s best, serving as a source of pride and encouragement for those directly involved in the tourism industry. Trip Advisor – the world’s premiere tourism website – selected Hanoi as one of top ten must-see travel destinations in 2014. Ha Long Bay ranked fourth…... [read more]
Vietnamese bikers won first places over 12 other countries in both the men's and women's long distance competitions at the Thailand Biking Open held from September 20 to 24. Nguyen Thi Hoang Oanh took the yellow jersey on the women's side after four stages with a total distance of 405km. Cyclist Bui Minh Huy bypassed many strong rivals in the young men's 663km, four-stage race to grab his yellow jersey. His teammate, Ho Van Phuc, got the green jersey after obtaining the highest number of points throughout the tour. In the men's long distance biking tour, national champion Mai Cong…... [read more]
Some 656,000 international visitors came Viet Nam in November, taking the number of arrivals in the first 11 months to nearly 6.04 million, a year-on-year increase of 11.4 per cent. Two-thirds, or over 3.6 million, came for leisure, while over one million each came for business and visiting relatives, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism.-VNS... [read more]
Mekong Princess and Avalon Siem Reap, owned by Viet Princess Cruises Limited, are currently among the cruise fleets offering exquisite river excursion experiences to passengers fascinated by the idea of exploring the exceptional allure of the Mekong River. The two five-star cruises offering special excursions, such as an eight-day and seven-night cruise from Saigon to Siem Reap at the cost of $5,000 per a suite for two, including a fine dining experience, recreational activities, and cruise tours at berths alongside Mekong River. The Mekong Princess cruiser was designed with a length of 61.5 metres, a breadth of 9.5m, two 480-horsepower…... [read more]
Viet Nam and Cambodia are planning to work together more closely to increase the number of tourist arrivals in both countries, experts have said. The numbers of cruise ship travellers who visit the Angkor Wat complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia after visiting Viet Nam are very high, according to Le Dinh Tuan, chairman of the board of directors of Viet Excursions, which provides land tours for cruise guests. "A cruise ship arriving in Viet Nam provides an average of nearly 100 guests who book tours to Cambodia and then return to Viet Nam to continue their voyage," Tuan said. Because…... [read more]
