 More Vietnam tourists keen on Cambodia tourism | TNK Travel News Updated: May 05, 2008 |
| Vietnam ranks third following the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan on the number of tourists visiting Cambodia in the first quarter of this year. According to the Cambodia Tourism Ministry, thanks to favorable travel between Vietnam and Cambodia, more.... |
| Read more |
| More than 20 million USD offered for GMS tourism | TNK Travel News Updated: May 05, 2008 |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) will continue to finance the second phase of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) sustainable tourism development project in Quang Tri, Thua Thien – Hue, Quang Binh, Bac Kan and Cao Bang provinces, with total initial capital.... |
| Read more |
| Betting on tourism | TNK Travel News Updated: May 05, 2008 |
| Accessible only by boat and surrounded by majestic mountains and cobalt seas, Hoa Van village used to be a refuge for the unfortunates who had contracted leprosy. The area was their only escape from the social prejudice inflicted on them in the cities and.... |
| Read more |
| Northern Folk Culture at Vinpearl | TNK Travel News Updated: May 05, 2008 |
| The Vinpearl resort on Hon Tre Island near Nha Trang is putting on four days of northern folk culture until tomorrow. To entertain the overnighters and day-trippers, there are kylin and dragon dances, displays of martial art, puppet shows and folk games.... |
| Read more |
| Common scents | TNK Travel News Updated: May 05, 2008 |
| When you step inside of the Hanoi Aesthetic Institute, you might feel you were in a clinic rather than a healthcare salon, which these days seem to be increasingly ambitious in trying to hypnotise the customer from the moment he or she opens the door..... |
| Read more |
| TRAVEL IN BRIEF 4/5 | TNK Travel News Updated: May 05, 2008 |
| The 2008 Do Son tourism festival opened at the Do Son tourist site, Hai Phong City on April 30 with many diverse activities such as a culinary fair, sea tourism, a fireworks display, a parachute display, and a dragon boat race. There will be unique perfor.... |
| Read more |
| Crumbling walls | TNK Travel News Updated: May 03, 2008 |
| Bao Vinh could have been another Hoi An but sadly this forgotten town, long left by the wayside, has slowly fallen asunder through years of neglect. While the Old Town of Hoi An in Quang Nam is well-preserved and renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage site.... |
| Read more |
| Buyer beware | TNK Travel News Updated: May 03, 2008 |
| The market at Tan Thanh border gate in Lang Son province attracts shoppers from all across Northern Vietnam, even though most people there seem unsure about the price and the quality of the products. “No one goes home without buying something. Our passe.... |
| Read more |
| Number of foreign tourists shoots up | TNK Travel News Updated: May 03, 2008 |
| More than one million foreigners came to Ho Chi Minh City in the first four months of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to the city’s tourism department. In consequence, the local tourist industry raked in VND9,315 billion in the.... |
| Read more |
| Kayakers find oasis in Bay | TNK Travel News Updated: May 03, 2008 |
| As summer approaches, those interested in adventure activities are heading to Ha Long Bay, taking to the seas in slender kayaks to traverse the glassy waters. Recognised twice by UNESCO, the world heritage site offers opportunities to weave through islets.... |
| Read more |
| Royal palace restoration for Hue Festival | TNK Travel News Updated: May 03, 2008 |
| Featuring carefully restored murals and relics, An Dinh Palace in the central city of Hue will be fully open to tourists for the Hue Festival this June. At 97 Phan Dinh Phung Street, it faces south to the An Cuu River, also called the Loi Nong River..... |
| Read more |
| TRAVEL IN BRIEF 2/5 | TNK Travel News Updated: May 02, 2008 |
| HCM City-based Ben Thanh Tourist has launched three new tours to the ancient city of Hue during the Hue Festival 2008, running June 3 through 11. The tour spans three days and two nights. Day 1 will include a morning visit to famous tourist spots such as.... |
| Read more |
| Bach Ma Park launches tourism festival | TNK Travel News Updated: May 02, 2008 |
| Religion meets nature in a cultural and tourism festival to promote the Bach Ma National Park in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue that kicked off on Wednesday. Entitled An Tuong Bach Ma (Impressions of Bach Ma), the two-day festival features various.... |
| Read more |
| Where air is as good as gold | TNK Travel News Updated: May 02, 2008 |
| The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has five islands in the middle of the Hau River, Con Au, Con Son, Con Cai Khe, Con Khuong and Tan Loc, which still maintain the pureness and wildness of nature. A Japanese investor who visited Con Son uttered: “The air.... |
| Read more |
| ‘Halong Bay on land’, a popular destination for tourists | TNK Travel News Updated: May 02, 2008 |
| With its spectacularly shaped limestone mountains surrounding northern Vietnam ’s largest wetland, Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh Binh province is becoming an attractive destination for tourists. According to the Ninh Binh Tourism Department, Van Long.... |
| Read more |
| Licensing of inbound companies put on hold | TNK Travel News Updated: May 02, 2008 |
| The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has put on hold the job of licensing travel firms that want to provide inbound services while pending the issue of a circular guiding the implementation of the Tourism Law. In a notice issued last.... |
| Read more |
| UK magazine: Vietnam’s tourism likely booming | TNK Travel News Updated: May 01, 2008 |
| The UK’s “The Economist” magazine has run an article, saying that Vietnam’s tourism may be “booming.” “Like its industry, agriculture and diplomacy, its tourism is now firmly on the map,” the magazine commented. The magazine quoted the Wor.... |
| Read more |
| HCM City welcomes over 1 million tourists | TNK Travel News Updated: May 01, 2008 |
| Ho Chi Minh City welcomed over 1 million foreign tourists in the first four months of this year, a rise of 18 percent over the same period last year. According to the municipal Tourism Department, almost visitors came from the US , Japan , the Republic of.... |
| Read more |
| New Ha Long Port thrown open to traffic | TNK Travel News Updated: May 01, 2008 |
| Lotus, a cruise ship that operates regularly between HCM City and Ha Long Bay, berthed at the Hon Gai International Passenger Port in Ha Long for the first time last Sunday. Around 1,000 passengers were traveling aboard the ship. Port authorities said it.... |
| Read more |
| Exploring craft villages in Hanoi | TNK Travel News Updated: May 01, 2008 |
| Travelers are having a chance to explore the typical, daily lives of Ha Noi’s citizens through an event called “Thang Long- Ha Noi Craft Village & Craft Street Tourism Week.” As the capital of Viet Nam for almost a thousand years, Ha Noi is consider.... |
| Read more |
