Saigontourist receives first maritime tourists of the year

The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) has received thousands of foreign maritime tourists in the first days of the year of the Tiger.

The cruise liner Costa Allegra anchored at the NaviOil port in Ho Chi Minh City on February 23, bringing 1,250 foreign tourists and crew.

The visitors, mostly from Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK, will explore HCM City and several other destinations in the central region such as Da Nang, Hoi An, My Son and Hue.

The tourism company, on March 1, and 2, will receive another 800 Italian holiday makers travelling on the cruise liner Athena to tour of HCM City and the southern city of My Tho.

In the first two months of this year, Saigontourist welcomed more than 10,000 foreign maritime tourists.

Tags: Saigontourist, Vietnam maritime tourists, Vietnam Tourism

Posted by VBN on Feb 23 2010. Filed under Tourism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry