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The four-star international cruise ship Columbus 2 of Germany with 900 tourists and crews on board, anchored at Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City on March 11 for the first time.

After landing, the tourists were taken to well-known local attractions such as Ngoc Hoang (Jade Emperor) pagoda and Cu Chi underground tunnels. Later, they want shopping at Ben Thanh market to see how to cook Vietnamese food and watched puppet show. 

During their one-day trip they also enjoyed traveling by boat to coconut candy workshops and bee farms in the Mekong Delta. 

The visit of Columbus 2 was arranged by Saigontourist Travel Service Company.

In 2012, the company served 170,000 tourists coming from aboard the luxury international cruise ships, up 40 percent from a year earlier.

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