Many families have chosen spring trips for their long Tet holiday. Particularly, many wish to experience the brisk weather, traditional festivals and the colourful spring atmosphere in the northern highlands of Vietnam.
Northward trips
At the beginning of the Dragon Lunar Year 2012, a set of tours to different places has been organised by Saigontourist Travel Service Company. There are over 10 pilgrim spring tours by Saigontourist covering famous, sacred destinations such as Yen Tu, Chua Huong (Huong Pagoda), Chau Doc Pagoda, Linh Ung pagoda, Bai Dinh pagoda, and Trang An.
This year, Saigontourist offers sight-seeing trips to beautiful lands for thousands of tourists. Tourists can choose among various pilgrim spring tours with destinations spreading across the Vietnam’s North, Central and South. For those who want to discover the traditional beauty of early spring in the North, there are tours to Huong pagoda, pilgrimages to the Buddhist land of Yen Tu and boat tours into the poetic scenery of the winding rivers and ultramarine mountains in Ninh Binh. Tourists can choose also to go to Dalat to breathe the fresh air and enjoy the colourful beauty of hundreds of kinds of flowers.
Tourists, who for a long time have not come back to the Central region, when visiting Da Nang, Hoi An, or Ba Na have the opportunity to admire the modern features and rapid transformation of coastal regions. They can also go to Hue to visit the tombs of kings and Thien Mu pagoda. For those who want to discover the traditions of people in the South, there are tours to That Son-Chau Doc, to Ninh Kieu-Can Tho and Chau Doc-Ha Tien.
Besides serving tourists from Ho Chi Minh City travelling all over the country, Saigontourist – Can Tho branch has also satisfied the needs of spring sight-seeing for a group of 250 tourists from Nam Hai Food Export Co. Ltd. in Can Tho, arranging a tour Ha Noi – Trang An – Sapa – Ha Long for 6 days with activities such as: enjoying the new year atmosphere in the capital, visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Tran Quoc pagoda, Do temple, the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, the temple of Dinh and Le kings; and afterwards visiting Ha Long bay and admiring the spring beauty of the Tay Bac highlands in Sapa.
This is a tour meeting multiple purposes of sight-seeing, new year pilgrimage and full package relaxation of Saigontourist – Can Tho, serving a group of 250 MICE tourists from Nam Hai Food Export Co. Ltd. in Can Tho. Despite the large number of tourists, long journey, various means of transport (airplane, bus and train); the company managed to fully satisfy tourists during the 6 day journey.
Besides domestic tours, in January of 2012, Saigontourist Company has also served many large groups of tourist going abroad, such as group of 120 people from Great Eastern Company and group of 100 people from Le Phan Company to Thailand, and a 100 person MICE tourism group from Daiko Company to Taiwan.
Foreigners enjoy Tet holiday in Vietnam
Besides domestic tourists, Saigontourist Company has recently provided full packaged services for a group of 150 foreign tourists to the conference on congenital heart deficiency held by Children’s Hospital number 1 from 12th and 13th January 2012 at the Rex hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Saigontourist is also the developer of pure tourism products and diversified MICE products, from economical travel (IKO Travel) to luxury travel (Premium Travel) with prestigious, experienced partners from all over the country, satisfying the diverse needs of both domestic and foreign customers.
On January 12th 2012, at Navi Oil Port (Ho Chi Minh city), Saigontourist welcomed and served 2,000 tourists and crew members (mainly from Italy, Spain and UK) of 5 star Costa Classica, which came to Vietnam on a 6 day voyage through Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City – Nha Trang – Da Nang – Ha Long) from January 12th to 17th, 2012.
The tourists enjoyed New Year’s Eve at sea at Ha Long bay and were the first people to enter Da Nang right on the first day of Nham Thin Tet holiday. Afterwards, the Costa Classica cruise ship continued the voyage and passengers had the chance to visit Nha Trang, and Ponagar Cham tower, went boating on Cai River to Dua River Islet, and continued to Da Nang, Hoi An, My Son, and the ancient capital Hue.
It could be said that Costa Classica was the first 5 star cruise ship bringing foreign tourists to enjoy a full Tet holiday in Vietnam, helping them to experience the traditional beauty of Vietnam in a joyful and warm holiday atmosphere.
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