New And Different At Sea Festival

Fun-filled activities and a chance to learn about the regional culture are among the highlights of the Sea Festival in Nha Trang

As one of the world’s most beautiful bays, Nha Trang attracts tourists, both local and international. In Nha Trang, tourists can visit many attractions, such as Ponagar Temple, Chong Rocks, Co Tien (Fairy Lady) Bay, Cam Ranh Bay and many more. There also are many delicacies whose taste will bring tourists back for more. Some of these are nem (fermented pork roll) of Ninh Hoa, kho nai (dried deer meat) of Dien Khanh, and birds’ nests. Touring and eating well are great, but they do not offer that absolute relaxed feeling that you get only from activities and entertainment linked to the sea, and exploring the nearby islands.
On June 9-15, the Sea Festival “Nha Trang Rendezvous” 2007 will take place. In the first week there will be many performance and entertainment programs to serve the locals and tourists. Those programs include a ceramics display, the Cham people’s brocade weaving, a stamp exhibition on the theme of the sea, a food street, a sea swimming contest, a flower arranging competition, a beer festival, artistic kite flying, a calligraphy exhibition, exhibition of work by Vietnamese and French artists, a rock music performance, a beauty show, cyclo race and much more. Besides traveling to the city by road, tourists can travel there by the five-star train.
Festival tours
Saigontourist Travel Service has tours to give tourists the opportunity to enjoy the festival atmosphere and assimilate to the local culture, as well as take part in the fun activities. The festival tours depart on June 8, 9 and 10, and cost VND1,272,000-6,395,000 a tourist, depending on hotel standard and means of transport (road, train or airplane).
The tours will help tourists use to the maximum the time they have available. So they will travel to see the sights around Nha Trang, take part in most of the events in the festival, and tray out the entertainment world of VinPearl Land. To get to VinPearl they can use the world’s longest cable car system crossing the sea; they can rest at Thap Ba Hot Spring Resort to enjoy the hydrotherapy. Tourists can also opt for participating in the festival as well as exploring the beauty of the sea, visiting Lao Island, mostly known as Monkey Island, or even learning how to dive.
If taking the tour by road, tourists can enjoy the beauty of Ca Na Beach, one of the best beaches of the Central region, and the road along the Lo River or Ro Island along the dreamlike Cam Ranh Beach.
Saigontourist Travel Service
Add: 49 Le Thanh Ton St., Dist. 1, HCM CityTel: 8279 279, email: info@saigontourist.net, website: www.saigontourist.net
TOURISM NEWS
For the upcoming summer, Ben Thanh Tourist offers tours catering to this season, as follows:
TOURS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES:
• Spain-Portugal, 7 days, costing US$2,850/tourist
• Greece, 7 days, costing US$2,300/tourist• Germany-Belgium-Holland-France-Italy, 12 days, US$3,090/tourist
• The U.S., 13 days, costing US$3,980/tourist
• Japan (Osaka-Tokyo-Nagoya-Hakone-Tokyo), 8 days, costing US$2,119/tourist
• Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), 8 days, costing US$2,250/tourist
• Korea (Jeju, Seoul and Nami), 7 days, costing US$2,300/touristLOCAL TOURS:
• Sports holiday tours, 2 days, costing VND545,000/tourist
• Central heritage road, 26 days, costing VND4,290,000/tourist
• Back to Thang Long, 6 days, costing VND7,220,000/tourist• Five-star tours to Nha Trang, 3 days, costing VND5,344,000/tourist

From: TIEN DAT (The Saigon Times Weekly)