Vietnam, home to five World Heritage sites, is ready for an influx of international arrivals to the country to soak up the festive mood of Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year only ten days away.
Until mid-February, around ten international cruise vessels like Costa Allegra, Costa Marian, Seabourn Spirit, and Nautica will dock at Vietnamese ports, bringing a large number of foreign tourists.
They are scheduled to call on tourist sites at world heritage Ha Long Bay, Hanoi capital, southern metro Ho Chi Minh City, Danang central hub, and Nha Trang coastal resort city.
Besides, other tourist groups departing from Thailand’s Mukdahan province with tourists on right-hand drive motorcades and driving their own motorcycles will also arrive in Vietnam via the Lao Bao border gate in Quang Tri central province.
They are set to pay a visit to former capital of Hue, world heritage Hoi An town, Danang, and other central provinces.
The caravan groups will leave Vietnam from the Bo Y border gate in Kon Tum mountainous province.
Vietnam, greeted an estimated 370,000 foreign tourists in January, up 9.5 per cent on-year and 23.7 per cent on-month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Vietnam targets to cater to 4.2 million foreign arrivals in 2007, 16 per cent higher than last year, and earn revenue of US$2.5 billion. (Young People)
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