On February 9, the Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) received two high-end cruise ships which carried more than 4,000 tourists and crew to Halong City in the Northern province of Quang Ninh.

• Secretary of Provincial Party Committee Pham Minh Chinh attended the steel yacht opening in Halong Bay
• Halong Bay - one of the most beautiful destinations of Vietnam
• The exhibition about potential value of Halong bay
• 750 tourists of the ship Spirit of Adventure visited Halong bay this afternoon
• Now has more than 50 ships have been painted white in Halong bay

On February 9, the Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) received two high-end cruise ships which carried more than 4,000 tourists and crew to Halong City in the Northern province of Quang Ninh.

The tourists on the two luxury cruisers of Costa Classica and SuperStar Aquarius were mainly from Hong Kong and big cities of China.

Costa Classica will continue to dock at Halong bay on February 13^th, 17^th, 21^st and 29^th on the same route, while SuperStar Aquarius comes the costal city on its planned route from Sanya, China under a contract between Saigontourist and the Asia’s leading cruise firm of Star Cruises from November 2011 to March 2012.

Also in February, Saigontourist will welcome Spirit of Advanture cruise ship on the Halong – Danang – Nha Trang – Ho Chi Minh City route from February 24^th to March 1^st. Moreover, the company will serve Columbus cruise ship on the Danang – Haiphong route from February 21^st to 23^rd.

This event will create favorable conditions to develop Vietnam's tourism!