The northern province of Quang Ninh has ignited tourists' uproar with its new pricing scheme that almost doubles admission fees for Ha Long Bay excursions as of December 1. Under the directive No 3620, tourists departing from Ha Long tourism port to follow any of the five excursion routes will be charged from VND40,000 to VND130,000 a person (US$2 - $6.5), nearly twice the previous rates. In addition, tourists wishing to visit only one route within the bay are now required to buy tickets for all the attractions in that route whether they want to see them all or not. For instance, tourists wishing to visit route No 2, which consists of many attractions including Sung Sot Cave, Ti Top Islet, Me Cung Cave, Dong Tien Lake, and Trinh Nu Cave, will now have to buy tickets for all the five sites listed even if they only want to see Sung Sot Cave. Prior to the new regulation, tourists only had to buy one ticket for each place they wanted to visit. Many travel agencies in Hanoi … [Read more...] about Ha Long Bay hikes admission fees following new title
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Ha Long Bay wonder makes Vietnamese businessmen excited
The Vietnamese business circle has geared up to prepare to grab the new opportunities to be brought when Ha Long Bay has been recognized as one of the seven new wonders of the world. Experts have urged management agencies to draw up long term development plan to effectively exploit the wonderful landscape. Ha Long Bay named new world wonder of nature An officer of the Tuan Chau tourism complex in Quang Ninh province said that the bosses asked their staff to send messages to vote for Ha Long bay as the new wonder of the world. Dao Hong Tuyen, a well known businessman in Vietnam, and his staff spent one day in a whole to make and send messages. This can show how high hopes the businessmen put on the title of the new wonder of the world. Ha Long, which has been two times officially recognized as the world's heritages, is now a famous tourism destination of Vietnam, where a lot of tourism complex projects have been arisen, including the Tuan Chau International Tourism and … [Read more...] about Ha Long Bay wonder makes Vietnamese businessmen excited
Another look about “Vote for Ha Long Bay”
This is an interview with Nguyen Xuan Thang, Secretary General of the World Federation of UNESCO Associations and Chairman of the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Association, a representative of UNESCO, one of the most prestigious organizations in the world in selecting world heritage--about the just-finished new seven natural wonders of the world. The cost for Ha Long Bay's wonder title not high: officialHa Long Bay named new world wonder of nature In the summer 2007, NOWC, a private company, finished the "New seven wonders of the world" selection. Outstanding cultural works that have been recognized by the mankind as the world wonders, like the Parthenon temple in Greece or pyramids of Egypt were rejected from this organization's "Seven New Wonders" list. This was an unprecedented thing, which upset traditional conceptions, spiritual values of the past and of the history of civilization of the mankind. More worriedly, as journalist Al-Sayed of Egypt said, the "game" hosted by … [Read more...] about Another look about “Vote for Ha Long Bay”
The cost for Ha Long Bay’s wonder title not high: official
Nguyen Van Tinh, head of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's International Relations Department, said that the advertising campaign for Ha Long Bay is not costly in comparison with other tourism promotion programs.Ha Long Bay named new world wonder of nature New Open World congratulates Ha Long Bay I could not sleep that night to wait for the announcement from the NewOpenWorld organization. Until nearly 2am of November 12, I waited to receive a congratulation mail from Mr. Bernard Weber, NewOpenWorld President. I'm very happy and proud. We have achieved the goal of attaining the new natural wonder of the world title after four years of efforts. This is not the ultimate result. Why do you believe in Ha Long Bay's winning? I completely believe that Ha Long Bay is a new natural wonder of the world. The NewOpenWorld checked the votes on the Internet, via telephone, etc. However, they want to have an upright result for the world's recognition so they have hired an … [Read more...] about The cost for Ha Long Bay’s wonder title not high: official
Week-long voting campaign launched for Ha Long Bay
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee will launch a week-long promotional campaign from November 7-11, to urge people to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven new natural wonders of the world. The event will call upon youth and urge people throughout the country to vote for Ha Long Bay via text messaging or via the websites www.new7wonders.com and http://www.halongbay.com.vn Local authorities and people of Ha Long City are holding various activities and promotional campaigns throughout the city. The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Journalist Association held a voting ceremony on October 26 to call upon all their staff members to vote for Ha long Bay. Many universities have called for their students to vote for the bay. Overseas Vietnamese Associations in many countries like Italy, France, Laos, Cambodia, have also called for members to support Ha Long Bay in the poll of new natural wonders of the world. Man leads the vote for … [Read more...] about Week-long voting campaign launched for Ha Long Bay