Local travel companies to introduce new outbound tours

      Vietravel is offering a new tour to Dubai. The six days and five nights tour will include the Grand Mosque Muslim temple, Bastakiya ancient town, Dubai museum, and a trip through the desert in cars or on camels to the seven-star 800-meter Buji Al Arab Hotel. Tourists will also visit Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and participate in symbolic festivals of this legendary region.
The tour is priced at US$2,499 per guest and runs on February 22, March 22, April 26 and May 24. For more information, contact Vietravel: 190 Pasteur Street, District 3, tel: (08) 3822 8898, website: www.travel.com.vn.
* Ben Thanh Tourist recently launched an eight-day tour to Japan to the Sakura (cherry blossom) Festival.
The tour starts in April and in addition to the festival includes a pilgrimage to Asakusa Kannon Temple, the Royal Palace and Tokyo Disneyland. There is also a visit to the hot springs Hakone City where tourists will climb up to the mouth of a volcano, sail in Ashinoko lake and take a cable car to see Fuji Mount. The tour is priced at US$2,790 per guest.
Another new tour from Ben Thanh Tourist is the five-day Kao-hsiung and Taipei tour, priced at US$1,099 per guest.
For more information, contact Ben Thanh Tourist at 86 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1, HCMC, tel: (08) 3 520 2020, email: outbound@benthanhtourist.com.
* On the occasion of Women’s Day, Viet My Tourism Co. is offering a promotion for female guests who book tours to the U.S. departing on March 24, April 12 or 20 priced at US$3,699 per guest (a discount of US$130) according to Sai Gon Giai Phong.
The package tour is from the Eastern to the Western side of the U.S., with visits to popular destinations such as New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Disneyland in Los Angeles and San Diego Zoo.