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| Foreign tourists disembark from a vessel of Costa Crociere S.p.A. in a visit to HCMC - Photo: Dao Loan |
Saigontourist Travel Service Company, the local tourism agent of the Italia-based ship operator, revealed Costa Victoria would make the first trip to Vietnam in May on the route HCMC-Danang-Halong and vice versa.
Costa Crociere S.p.A said on its website that the new vessel has up to 964 cabins, five restaurants, ten bars, a two-storey theater, a casino alongside many other entertainment services.
Costa Classica cruise ship carrying about 2,500 passengers and sailors dropped anchor at Halong on Wednesday. The passengers went to Halong Bay, Long Tien and Yen Tu pagodas, Hon Gai Market and enjoyed multiple artistic shows for the one-day visit only.
According to Saigontourist, Costa Classica in the first two months of the year will drop by Vietnam up to six times. The local tour operator last year welcomed over 115,000 tourists from several countries like Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan on large cruise ships such as Costa Classica, SuperStar Virgo, SuperStar Aquarius or Princess Daphne.
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Drop in the ocean: Ha Long Bay has been recognised as having the highest number of islets in the country.—File Photo HCM CITY — Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province has been recognised as setting a national record for the bay with highest number of islets.The 1,553sq.km UNESCO World Heritage Site consists of 1,169 islets of various sizes, 95 per cent of which are limestone outcroppings.This is one of nine national records related to islands and