Suoi Tien Park being among 12 most beloved parks

Suoi Tien Cultural Amusement Park in Ho Chi Minh City was named as one of the 12 most beloved parks in the world on website: http://www.thetravelerszone.com.

Located in the Northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the Park, embracing 12 main parts with a total area of 200,000 square metres and a 2,000 long underground stream, is an attractive destination of Vietnam tour for visitors. The Park’s design was based on legends of Vietnamese culture and history, such as Lac Long Quan-Au Co, the Hung Kings and Son Tinh-Thuy Tinh (Kings of Mountain and Water).

The Park attracts from 1.5 to 2 million visitors each year.

Together with Suoi Tien Cultural Amusement Park, the travel website also named 11th of the most beloved parks around the world, namely, ‘Magic Kingdom’ in Disney World – Orlando, Florida, ‘Adventure Islands’ in Florida, ‘Cedar Point’ – Ohio, ‘Epcot’ – Orlando, ‘Blackpool Pleasure Beach’ – Lancashire (UK), ‘Aventura’ (Spain), ‘Europa’ (Germany), ‘Tivoli Gardens’ in Copenhagen, ‘Tokyo Disneyland’ (Japan), ‘Shijingshan Qu’ in Beijing, ‘Ocean Park’ in Hongkong (China).

Source: CPV

Halong Bay in early list of top 10 wonders

Vietnam’s Halong Bay has been named in a temporary list of the world’s 10 new wonders of nature by the New Open World Corporation, an associate of the non-profit New 7 Wonders Foundation.

The others in the list are the Dead Sea in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan; the Grand Canyon in the US; the Great Barrier Reef off Australia and Papua New Guinea); Jeita Grotto cave in Lebanon; Jeju Island in South Korea; Komodo Island in Indonesia; Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Philippines; the Sunderbans in Bangladesh and India; and Vesuvius Mountain in Italy.

They have received the most votes so far, according to the New7Wonders, whose president, Bernard Weber, said the list could change in the remaining days of the campaign before the final list was released November 11.

Earlier on September 27 New7Wonders Foundation chairman Bernard Weber announced that Ha Long was among the 28 finalist candidates for the new seven wonders of nature.

To vote for Halong Bay, one has to go to the website http://www.new7wonders.com, dial + 1.869 760.5990 and press 7712, or send a text message (“Halong”) to 147.

Source: dtinews

Expects over 5 million travelers to Vietnam tour in 2011

A total of 4.8 million foreign travelers to Vietnam tour during the first ten months of the year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Although the number of foreign visitors declined by 25 percent in September compared to the same period last year, Vietnam is optimistic of welcoming 5.3-5.5 million foreign visitors in 2011.

This year, the country hosted many political and cultural events such as ‘ASEAN’, ‘1,000th anniversary of Thanh Long’ in Hanoi, which made it interesting for foreign visitors to visit the country.

The number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh City is estimated to reach 2.9 million this year, an increase of 10 percent compared to the same period last year.

Source: Dtinews