The Union of Science for Sustainable Tourism Development (STDe) plans to promote salt parks to tourists as an environmentally friendly attraction.
STDe said 70 percent of the country’s tourism sector focused on Vietnam ’s 3,200km coastline.
Over the next 20 years, the STDe said it planned to cash in on the popularity of the sea by developing a tourism industry around salt production.
“Combining salt production with tourism is a way of capitalising on the popularity of the coast,” said Nguyen Thu Hanh, STDe’s chairperson.
Building salt parks will help promote the industry and preserve a traditional way of life, she added.
The annual carnival in the northern coastal city of Halong (Quang Ninh province) this year will attract nearly 3,000 performers, including nearly 1,000 professional artists from Hanoi.
According to the organizing board of the Halong – Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2011, the highlight of the week (April 29 to May 2) will be the Halong Carnival, entitled “Discovering sparkling Halong”. The carnival will take place at 8 pm on May 1, at the Bai Chay tourism zone.
The carnival will have the participation of nearly 3,000 artists, divided into 15 troupes to perform different shows.
The sea tourism route from Halong city in the northern province of Quang Ninh to Fangchenggang city in Guangxi province, China reopened on April 11.
Director of provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ha Quang Long said the inauguration ceremony of the route is expected to take place on April 12 at Hon Gai Vinashin Port in Halong city.
Tourism promotion conferences will also be held to create favourable conditions for the two cities to introduce their potential, strength and tourism cooperation opportunities.
The resumption of the sea route, initially scheduled for Dec 2010 but delayed until now, embodies development in the two cities’ multifaceted cooperation, especially in sea tourism.
A cruise ship, departing from China, docked in Hon Gai Port on December 29, officially reopening Halong travel-Fangchenggang (China) sea route, after a long interruption.
This is a trial cruise as part of preparation to receive Chinese tourists in Halong City, scheduled for mid-January, 2011.
So far, Halong travel has received 5.3 million visitors and its tourism industry is planned to continue growing at the average rate of 20% per year in the upcoming time.
(Source: VOV)
Bien Ngoc Cruise Representation
| Length: |
31,5 m |
| Width: |
7,3 m |
| Greeting hall: |
09×5,5 m equipped with 29000 BTU air-con for 40 people |
| Bar: |
4×4 m |
| Cabin ( very big ) |
4,2×2,7 m with 11 units |
| Cabin equipments: |
Hot/cold water, private bathroom with shower, two ways air-con of 9000 BTU |
| Playing ground: |
7×5 m |
| Corridor two sides of Greeting room: |
10×0,7 m |
| Sun-bath ground: |
17×5,5 m with 15 sunbathing chairs + 7 rocking-chairs |
Hanoi - Halong Bay – Hanoi
Duration: 3days
Known as the huge bay designated as the UNESCO World Heritage, emerged by more than 1,000 islands and rock formations, most of the best sites of them we have been researching since 1992. This 3 Day/ 2 Nights Sea Kayaking tour in Vietnam would allure you to easily fall into the quiet rhythm of Ha Long’s spirit.
Halong Bay junk boat, Vietnam Lagoon cave at Halong Bay, Vietnam Sunset over Halong Bay, Vietnam
Tour Highlights
Over 2.65 million visitors came to Ha Long Bay in 2008, an increase of 48.8 percent over 2007. Of those 1.71 million were foreign visitors, a 67.6 percent increase, the Bay’s management board has said.
The management board organized a vote to nominate Ha Long as of one the seven natural wonders of the world. The voting took place at Hoang Gia (royal) International Park and Bai Chay Tourist Wharf attracting over 18,000 votes.
The reduction of littering, throwing mud into the sea, begging, and using dynamite to catch fish have been a priority for local authorities.
