Vote for Halong Bay at Tourism centers

Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has sent  official letters to the travel companies, hotels, tourism training schools to intensify the voting campaign for Halong Bay to become the world’s natural wonders with a slogan: “Each worker in the tourism industry one vote for Halong Bay”, “Each tourist one vote for Halong Bay”.

It is known that funding for this campaign is one billion VND. Ballots will be printed in four languages: Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese (one side is the image of Ha Long Bay, the back side is the slogan and voting instructions) and be issued to the following subjects: tourism enterprises; domestic tourist sites; Embassies and Representatives of international organizations in Vietnam; in the internal or overseas tourism events; representative networks of Vietnam Airlines and other airlines which fly to Vietnam.
 
In April, VNAT is going to carry on the voting campaign in major tourism centers around the country such as Ha Long, Hanoi, Quang Binh, Hue, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho …

Source: Hanoimoi, QN News

In the Itinerary (Part 3)

Titov Island (Đảo Ti Tốp) (Panoramic view of Halong Bay from Titov Island's peak - Source: fotopedia.com)

Titov Island is situated about 7-8km south-east of Bai Chay. The island is noted for a beautiful crescent-shaped beach that's popular with swimmers and water sports enthusiasts. You may also hike 420 steps up to a pavilion at the summit for a panoramic view of Halong Bay. It also displays sand that has been washed to a snowy white by the tide.

Small though it might be, Titov Beach wins kudos for its quiet and airy atmosphere, its clean and clear waters, as well as its alluring landscape. At present, there has a bar in the island which also provides swimming costumes, floats and lukewarm shower. Fresh water was carried to the island from inland.

Quang Ninh welcomes nearly 2 million visitors in Q1

About 2 million tourists visited Quảng Ninh in the first three months of 2011, reported the Department of Culture Sports and Tourism.

Huong Hai Junk

The number of foreign visitors is over 600,000, a 13 percent increase over the last year. Over 614 thousand travelers visit Halong Bay, up 7 percent compared to the same time in 2010.
 
The Province's tourism turnover in the first quarter is estimated to reach VND 913 billion, showing a six percent increase compared to the same time last year.

Halong Tourism Festival Week 2011 (Updated)

 

(Halong Carnaval 2010)

The main activities of the Festival Week include: Halong Carnaval, Unveiling Light Art Performance Center, Conference on voting campaign for Halong Bay to become one of the UNESCO world’s natural wonders, The best MC on Halong Bay contest, Music and poetry night on Halong, Open Quang Ninh tennis tournament and Classical music concert in Dau Go Cave.

Indochina Sails Café

We are very delighted to inform you that our place for embarkation and disembarkation has been changed into Hoang Gia Dock (opposite to Halong Bay Hotel) since Jan. 22, 2011. Huong Hai Junks and Indochina Sails now share the common dock.

Indochina Sails Café, located right on the left of Hoang Gia Dock’s entrance, is a nice place for you to relax after the 3.5-hour shuttle bus travel from Hanoi to Halong before you are aboard one of the Huong Hai Junks or after ashore. Here you can use free WiFi connection to enter the Internet and have a drink. There are a variety of beverages available. You may just sit comfortably and refreshingly, chat with your friends or new acquaintances.

Indochina Sails Café is a convenient location decorated cleverly with modern equipment. Our service staff will be whole-hearted to serve you.

Halong Tourism Festival 2011

Halong Tourism Festival 2011 is planned to kick off on April 28, lasting five days to May 2 in Bai Chay tourism area (in Halong City), Mong Cai City, Yen Hung, Van Don and Uong Bi District.

Ha Long Bay ranks 6th among top 10 World sailing cruises

Vietnam’s world heritage Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh ranks sixth among the world’s top ten destinations for sailing cruises by the US’s National Geographic book Journeys of a Lifetime.

The book wrote “Ha Long Bay, or the Bay of the Descending Dragon, in northeastern Vietnam, is scattered with some 3,000 precipitous, strangely sculpted limestone islands and outcrops, and dotted with small floating villages and deserted sandy beaches. 

Join Huong Hai Junks on Halong Bay

The accident of sunken Truong Hai 06 boat on February 17^th­, leaving 12 dead, on Halong Bay was the worst accident of Vietnam tourism. The principle reason was for the irresponsibility of the young captain and chief mechanic both lacking in rescuing skills. Their shipmen were inexperienced in the cruise ship branch.

It was irresponsible people that had a catastrophic effect on the province’s tourism in particular and on the country’s image generally.

Following the accident, the province set up an inter-sector delegation to examine all 166 cruise boats that are licensed to provide overnight service in the bay, including Huong Hai Junks.