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Banh Sua island offers ideal place for nature explorers

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The unique feature of Banh Sua island is that the space is always quiet and peaceful.

Banh Sua island offers ideal place for nature explorers hinh anh 1Visitors kayak around Banh Sua island. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Quang Ninh – For those who want to explore and love the quiet, the pristine Banh Sua island with beautiful natural scenery is the ideal place for you to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.

Banh Sua island, also known as Ong To island or Tu Hai island, is located in Bai Tu Long bay in Quang Ninh province. There are some interesting stories that explain the origin of these names. The island was named after Mr. Do Huu To, the man who opened a company with its headquater on Banh Sua Island. The company focused on developing the fisheries and raising geoduck in the conditions of Banh Sua Island. Due to the fact that this area is one of the most advantageous environments for raising geoduck in North Vietnam and geoduck is also its specialty, many people called it Tu Hai Island (“tu hai” means geoduck).

Banh Sua island is less than one km² wide, the widest place is only about 420m, and it looks like a small turtle in the vast sea. Therefore, this small island is often compared to the youngest brother in the ‘big family’ of hundreds of islands on Bai Tu Long bay.

The unique feature of Banh Sua island is that the space is always quiet and peaceful. Wandering on this vast oasis in the sea, you will be able to enjoy the clear blue water, swim freely around the island, and snorkel to see the colorful coral.

To explore this beautiful island, visitors have to wake up at 5am to go with the villagers to catch sea cucumbers when the tide is at its lowest. Barefoot on the fine sand, racing against the rising tide, those are the feelings of excitement that Banh Sua island can promise you for a joyful day. Or you can take a boat to Quan cave about 30 minutes from the island. This place was once used as a military base during the American sabotage war in the north of Vietnam.

There are beautiful stalactite columns of many shapes here too. When the sun shines brightly, and the boat stops at the fisherman’s raft on the bay, tourists can buy their favorite seafood, take them back to Banh Sua island and ask the locals to cook it for lunch.

Boasting no long sandy beaches like other islands in Bai Tu Long bay, Banh Sua has an extremely clear sea instead. You can enjoy your swim in the cool water and see colorful coral. There have been many jobs on the island for mollusk farming and there are permanent home-stays too. In the afternoon, visitors should visit the pier connected to the oyster farming area, where they can swim and get oysters.

On the island, there is a rather high rocky mountain, which is an ideal place for visitors to admire the beautiful moments of sunrise and sunset or the breathtaking view of Bai Tu Long bay.

In the late afternoon, images of the blue Bai Tu Long bay appear in the gentle golden sunlight, or the burning red sun slowly sets behind the mountain range can leave everyone bedazzled. Being immersed in nature, the life of locals on the island is what visitors can experience on this lovely island. Just like the name of the island, Banh Sua, you can reward yourself with a genuine vacation to temporarily forget all the chaos and worries of daily life.

Banh Sua island offers ideal place for nature explorers hinh anh 2A panoramic view of Banh Sua island seen from above. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Banh Sua Island is like a little turtle swimming in an immense sea. From afar, tourists can immediately realize Banh Sua Island is covered by the green color of trees hustling on limestone cliffs. In spite of the small area, Banh Sua Island is the home of various marine creatures, some of which brings economic efficiency to the local residents.

Thanks to the calm water of an off-shore island, the sea of Banh Sua Island is a favorable condition for growing seafood, including oyster and geoduck. Not having long sand beaches or high-end resorts like many other islands, the atmosphere of Banh Sua Island is quite peaceful. The locals there live a simple life; they have a strong attachment to the sea, which has nourished them since their childhood.

Another significant trait of Banh Sua Island is the coral reefs around the island. Corals cannot exist in all kinds of water but only clear water with light waves and calm sea. Therefore, Banh Sua Island is one of the few places in Halong Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay where tourists can contemplate colorful coral reefs as well as its underwater biodiversity./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/banh-sua-island-offers-ideal-place-for-nature-explorers/247444.vnp

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New tours aim to boost travel and attract international visitors

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Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda is a destination on the new tourism route connecting Hà Nội and Bắc Giang Province. VNA/VNS Photo 

HÀ NỘI  A new tourism route departing from Hà Nội to many tourist attractions in the northern province of Bắc Giang, including cultural, historical and spiritual heritage sites, natural landscape and craft villages, has been officially opened.

It has been jointly launched by SGO Travel, a member of the SGO Group, and by the Centre for Information and Tourism Promotion of Bắc Giang.

“The opening of the Hà Nội-Bắc Giang cultural tourism route right after the National Tourism Conference on March 15 is a meaningful activity that shows the will and determination of the whole in accelerating recovery, development and creating new successes to heighten Bắc Giang tourism to a new position in the national tourism map,” said Đỗ Tuấn Khoa, deputy director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bắc Giang.

According to Phùng Quang Thắng, vice chairman of the Board of Directors of SGO Group and permanent vice chairman of the Vietnam Travel Association, the province has great potential for developing agricultural, historical and cultural tourism.

“We hope that the tourist route will be welcomed by a large number of tourists and open new links between other localities with Bắc Giang Province in the future,” he said.

Initially, this new route will include diverse tours, departing daily from Wednesday to Sunday and serving domestic and international tourists under four main themes.

The first theme, Tourism Associated with Cultural and Spiritual Stories, is the core of the programme and includes the one-day tour Hà Nội – Tây Yên Tử: Theo dấu chân Phật Hoàng (Hà Nội – Tây Yên Tử: Following the Footsteps of Buddhist King).

According to Thắng, this distinctive tour takes tourists on King Trần Nhân Tông’s journey of Buddhist practice and enlightenment over 700 years ago.

Departing at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel, visitors will travel to Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda, where King Trần Nhân Tông led a religious life as a hermit and founded the Thiền Tông Zen sect.

Visitors can witness 3,050 printing woodblocks from the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1883) preserved at the pagoda, which have been recognised as World Documentary Heritage by UNESCO, and try their hands at woodblock printing.

Under the theme, Tourism Associated with Preserving Long-Standing Traditional Values, the one-day tour will enable tourists to live a day like singers of quan họ (alternate singing) by donning four-panel traditional dresses, learning to sing a few quan họ verses, visit houses several hundred years old and many other interesting experiences.

In tours themed Tourism Arouses Patriotism and National Pride, visitors review historical traditions and national pride through cultural activities and visit cultural and historical destinations of Bắc Giang.

In the last tours under the theme Tourism Associated with Local Life and Agricultural Development, visitors will be taken to fruit orchards, and craft villages and explore beautiful poetic lakes in the province like Khuôn Thần, Bầu Lầy or Cấm Sơn on inflatable boats.

FAM trip Đà Nẵng – Hội An – Huế organised

Members of Indian travel agencies, press and media participating in the FAM trip are pictured in front of Sun World Bà Nà Hills mountain resort. — Photo courtesy of PYS Travel

Over 20 Indian travel agencies, press and media participated in a four-day FAM trip surveying the tourism services in Đà Nẵng, Hội An and Huế.

The trip has been organised by PYS Travel to promote and introduce Việt Nam as an attractive destination to Indian tourists.

“We hope that our Indian partners can experience the services of PYS Travel themselves and that after this FAM trip, we will be able to serve a 160 per cent increase in Indian visitors compared to 2019,” said Nguyễn Thị Việt Anh, operation director of PYS Travel.

During this trip, the participants visited famous tourist sites in Đà Nẵng, Hội An and Huế, such as Marble Mountains, Bà Nà Hills, or Thiên Mụ Pagoda, while surveying the quality of hotels, restaurants, especially those serving Indian food.

During a meeting with Nguyễn Văn Phúc, director of the Department of Tourism of Thừa Thiên Huế, they were introduced to attractive tourist destinations for Indian tourists, UNESCO-recognised heritages and tourism promotion activities to attract foreign tourists such as the Huế Festival or the Áo Dài Festival.

According to Phúc, the tourism authority of Thừa Thiên Huế has supported and trained staff of restaurants and hotels in the province to meet the needs and tastes of Indian guests.

“I am especially impressed with Bà Nà Hills and the Golden Bridge. I think it is a very prominent and extremely attractive destination for Indian tourists. After this trip, we will decide to promote more tour packages to Đà Nẵng, especially Bà Nà Hills,” Salman Moideen, a representative of Flyland Travel & Tour travel company based in Mumbai.

Another participant, Thottathil Jasim, highly appreciated the FAM trip and the Vietnamese travel agents.

“We are impressed with the professional working style and attentive and dedicated service of Vietnamese travel agents,” he said.

 “After this trip, we will coordinate with PYS Travel to build more attractive tours to bring more Indian tourists to Việt Nam.” VNS

 

 

Source: http://ovietnam.vn/travel/new-tours-aim-to-boost-travel-and-attract-international-visitors_342540.html

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Binh Thuan ready for opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023

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The central coastal province of Binh Thuan has completed preparations for the opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 with the theme “Binh Thuan – Green convergence,” which will officially be held on March 25 night, heard a meeting held by the provincial People’s Committee on March 20.

Binh Thuan ready for opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 hinh anh 1Rang Beach in Binh Thuan (Photo:dulichbinhthuan.com.vn)

Binh Thuan
(VNA)
– The central coastal province of Binh Thuan has completed preparations for
the opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 with the theme “Binh Thuan
– Green convergence,” which will officially be held on March 25 night, heard a meeting
held by the provincial People’s Committee on March 20.

According to Director
of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui The Nhan, the
province has completed all necessary conditions for the event, including the
stage for the opening ceremony, traffic regulation and security protection
plans, as well as accommodations for visitors, medical and fire rescue
services.

Chairman of the Binh
Thuan People’s Committee Doan Anh Dung asked relevant agencies, departments and
localities to coordinate closely to ensure a successful and safe opening
ceremony of Visit Vietnam Year 2023, leaving a good impression on visitors.

Binh Thuan ready for opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 hinh anh 2Sand dunes in Mui Ne of Binh Thuan (Photo: VNA)

The opening ceremony
of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 will be held at
NovaWorld Phan Thiet in Phan Thiet city of Binh Thuan. Nearly 600
artists, actors, and actresses will perform in an artistic musical show at
the ceremony with the script written by Meritorious Artist Tran Ly Ly, Director
of the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and writer Hoang Cong Cuong.

The 85-minute show has three parts, namely the “Convergence of earth and sky”,
the “Green Tour”, and the “Green convergence – Binh Thuan
destination of friendship”. The ceremony is expected to draw 5,700 visitors.

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Visit
Vietnam Year is a both a national and international cultural, economic, social,
and tourist event. It is also the biggest annual tourism event in Vietnam,
offering opportunities to attract domestic and international tourists through
the promotion of images, tangible and intangible cultural values, natural
resources, as well as the development of linkages between localities.

Binh Thuan ready for opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 hinh anh 3The opening ceremony of the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 is expected to draw 5,700 visitors.(Photo: binhthuan.gov.vn)

Visit Vietnam Year 2023 “Binh Thuan – Green convergence” includes
more than 200 events and activities.

With 192km of coastline, Binh Thuan province is home to islands, islets, coves,
bays, and white sand beaches with clear blue water, which form famous tourist
attractions. The province has many tourism resources with many
historical-cultural relics and traditional festivals. Currently, the province has
nearly 900 accommodation establishments with over 17,000 rooms, including 45
hotels and resorts from three to five stars with nearly 5,000 rooms. The
province has 13 travel agencies, including eight international travel agencies.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2019, Binh Thuan welcomed over 6.4 million
visitors with tourism revenue of 15.2 trillion VND (644.54 million USD). The
province’s tourism sector contributes 10-12% to the GRDP each year.

In 2022, the province welcomed over 5 million visitors, getting tourism revenue
of 12.8 trillion VND. It aims to attract about 6.5 million visitors, including
more than 200,000 international visitors this year./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/binh-thuan-ready-for-opening-of-visit-vietnam-year-2023/250182.vnp

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Breakthroughs expected for Binh Thuan during tourism year 2023

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The opening ceremony of the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 with the theme “Binh Thuan – Green convergence” will be held at NovaWorld Phan Thiet in Phan Thiet city in the central province of Binh Thuan on March 25 evening, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Nearly 600 artists, actors, and actresses will perform in an 85-minute artistic musical show at the ceremony.

Visit Vietnam Year is both a national and international cultural, economic, social, and tourist event. It is also the biggest annual tourism event in Vietnam, offering opportunities to attract domestic and international tourists through the promotion of images, tangible and intangible cultural values, natural resources, as well as the development of linkages between localities.

Visit Vietnam Year 2023 “Binh Thuan – Green convergence” includes more than 200 events and activities.

With 192km of coastline, Binh Thuan province is home to islands, islets, coves, bays, and white sand beaches with clear blue water, which form famous tourist attractions. The province has many tourism resources with many historical-cultural relics and traditional festivals.

In 2022, the province welcomed over 5 million visitors. It aims to attract about 6.5 million visitors, including more than 200,000 foreigners, this year./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/breakthroughs-expected-for-binh-thuan-during-tourism-year-2023/250215.vnp

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