Vung Tau Big Mountain – Small Mountain and Cable-car Service Joint Stock Company will open the first stage of the cable car tourism resort on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, February 17.
Although the number of international visitors to the Mekong Delta area has decreased last year, the regional tourism industry still sees an increase of the turnover, said the Mekong Delta Tourism Association.
More than 400,000 international visitors arrived in the country in January; an increase of 20.6 percent over the same period last year and 10 percent more than in December 2009, said Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
The Ministry of Transport (MOT) on February 3 suggested that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) change domestic airfare schemes upwards for economy class tickets on domestic flights.
The five-star hotel Mövenpick Saigon will close on Mar. 8 for US$15 million top-to-bottom renovations in five months and re-open on August 1 this year, general manager Dominik Stamm announced here Monday.
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s second-largest carrier, has said it will increase the number of flights between Narita and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to seven per week from the current five, effective March 28.
The Vietnam National Administration
of Tourism (VNAT) held a year-end conference in Hanoi on January 28 to evaluate
the “Vietnam Impression” promotion program and discuss plans for
2010.
