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CRUISE TOURISM

Vietnam has been evaluated as the Mekong Delta or traditional
having huge potential to develop craft villages. They also go in
cruise tourism. The mainland combination with live shows of
territory is demarcated by the Vietnamese folk music, water
over 3200km coastlines in three puppet performances, artistic
directions: East, West and Southwest. exhibitions, cultural exchanges, etc.
There are 14 deep water ports, The top tourist agencies in Vietnam
hundreds of bays and unspoiled that are implementing cruise
and beautiful beaches. Supported tourism include Saigontourist and
by long standing cultural traditions, Tan Hong…
richness in heritages, famously open Vietnam’s tourist sector has selected
and friendly locals and increasingly marine tourism as one of the five
offering more services, Vietnam can spearheading industries to develop
emerge as a cruise tourist hub in the the marine economy in upcoming
region in which Phu My port is the years. In the General Planning of
most favored location. Vietnam Tourism Development
In 2010 and 2011, the number of by 2020 and Vision to 2030, seas
cruise tourists to Vietnam witnessed tourism is noted to be the top
a big leap compared to previous priority with highly competitive
years. However, their main purpose sea resort complexes to be built in
in Vietnam was transit to continue the regions Ha Long - Cat Ba, Lang
heading for other countries, thus Co - Son Tra - Hoi An, Nha Trang -
resulting in short stays in Vietnam’s Cam Ranh, Phan Thiet - Mui Ne and
ports. The average duration was 2 Phu Quoc Resort Area. Vietnam’s
to 3 days in one or two ports with a tourist sector is committed to taking
stay of 8 to 24 hours. advantage of sea tourism and
Cruise tourism focuses on visits facilitating cruise tourism to rapidly
to the port city where the ports evolve in the future to achieve the
are situated, world heritages in goal of 1 million cruise tourists
the Central Region, Ha Long bay, by 2015.

Boat cruise on Ha Long bay