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May, 2007 Highlights # Top Hotel Offers May, 2007

United Airlines To Open Third Air Route To HCM City

United Airlines of the US on April 5 said it will open another air route from Los Angeles to Ho Chi Minh City via Hong Kong, China, by late October.
This will be the airline’s third route from the US to HCM City via Hong Kong. The two existing routes fly from San Francisco and Chicago.
Country manager of United Airlines in Viet Nam Joe Mannix said that his firm will start selling e-tickets in the country next month. Passengers will then be able to check in via United Airlines’ automatic machines at the  to Tan Son Nhat Airport. 
United Airlines became the first US carrier to provide flights from Viet Nam to the US since 1975 when it launched its services to Ho Chi Minh City in December 2004. Nam to the US since 1975 when it launched its services to Ho Chi Minh City in December 2004.

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Many Airlines Increase Flights To Vietnam

Japan Airlines has said it will increase flights to Vietnam as of June 2007 to meet the increasing demand for travelling by businessmen and tourists.

According to the firm’s announcement, as of June 2, it will offer a Tokyo-HCM City flight on Satur­days. At present, Japan Airlines has five flights per week on this route: Monday, Tuesday, Thurs­day, Friday and Sunday.

AirAsia, a low-cost carrier, is urgently preparing to open a HCM City-Kuala Lumpur route to serve Vietnamese travelers. Vice Chairman of AirAsia, Lim Siang Chai, said that the airline currently offered seven flights on this route.

Meanwhile, UNI Air of Taiwan has announced it will open a direct flight from Gaosyong to HCM City each day, as of May 2007. This airway currently offers three Gaosyong-Hanoi flights. UNI Air is a branch of EVA Airways, the leading airline of Taiwan.

1.46 Million Foreign Tourists To Vietnam

About 1.462 million foreign tourists have visited Vietnam since early this year, 12.5% higher than the previous year. 

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Korean tourists accounted for the highest number with 187,531 visitors. Additionally, Vietnam received 178,097 Chinese, 155,592 American and 149,150 Japanese tourists. 

Of 1.46 million foreign travellers, 900,000 visited Vietnam for tourist, a 17.5 % increase over the previous year, while the remainder came to Vietnam for business cum tourist purposes. 

* The VNAT also announced that around 20,000 foreign travellers visited Vietnam by sea, 140% higher than the previous month, accounting for nearly 50% of the total foreign visitors to Vietnam.

Vietnam’s Water Puppets Go To Canada A nine-member Vietnamese water puppetry troupe left Hanoi on May 5 for Canada where they will perform at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. The group, which includes five puppeteers, three traditional musicians and one tour leader, is scheduled to perform in Canada’s third largest city from May 8 to June 2. “We are proud that Vietnamese water puppetry will be on display at an international festival,” said Vu Phuong, director of the Hanoi Cultural Fund and tour organiser. “One of our main objectives is to support Vietnamese cultural activities.” Water puppetry is an integral part of Vietnamese history, Phuong said, and officials have asked the United Nations to recognise it as a world heritage art form. In 2002, a Vietnamese water puppetry troupe sold out all their shows at the Vancouver Children’s festival, which has been running since 1978. The world-renowned annual celebration includes a variety of hands-on activities designed to stimulate young minds, according to organisers. A sea tourism festival entitled “Danang – the call of the sea 2007” will be held in the city of Danang on June 15 The event will feature many interesting cultural, sports and tourist activities including musical performances, a seafood fair, boat racing, fishing, kite flying, beach volleyball, water skiing and others. The festival will take place along the city’s beautiful beaches including Pham Van Dong, My Khe, Xuan Thieu, Non Nuoc, Bac My An and Son Tra Peninsula. Organizers hope that the festival will appeal to tourists from near and far and make a strong impression on them. Foreign visitors to central provinces surge VietNamNet Bridge - Central Thua Thien-Hue province welcomed nearly 199,000 foreign visitors in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 35 percent. An increasing number of foreign travellers are arriving in caravan tours and cruisers. In mid-April alone, the Queen Elizabeth II ship carried 1,600 tourists to visit the imperial city of Hue, Da Nang city and Hoi An ancient town. The Thua Thien-Hue tourist sector grossed VND 555 billion ($34.7 million) in revenues in the period, marking a 34.3 percent rise over the same period last year. The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa welcomed 105,000 tourists and earned VND 85.5 billion ($5.34 million) in April During the national holidays on the occasion of the liberation day (April 30) and May Day, the province’s major tourism attraction, Nha Trang Bay, received 70,000 tourists, including 7,000 foreign visitors. Home About us Privacy Policy Term of use KienThanh Travel Services Add: 2nd Flr, 381 Truong Chinh, Thanh Xuan , Ha Noi, Viet Nam Tel: 844 568 1252 - Fax: 844 568 1253 Email: mice@businesstravelvietnam.com - Website: http://businesstravelvietnam.com