Travel in brief on 7th June

Hanoi launches tour to encourage longer stays
A new tour taking visitors to eco-tourism, cultural and historic sites in the Ba Vi district of Hanoi will be launched in July this year in an effort to attract more tourists to the capital on its 1000th birthday.
The tour, put together and run by Hanoi’s Tourism Promotion and Information Centre, will take in famous and popular sites such as Ba Vi National Park, Hai Spring, Va Temple, Khoang Xanh and Dam Long.
It is hoped that the new tour will encourage visitors to extend their stay in the capital.
Vietnam welcomes more foreign tourists by sea
Saigontourist welcomed 2,100 tourists aboard the Costa Romantica cruise liner which anchored at the Navi Oil port, Ho Chi Minh City, on June 1.
The visitors, who are Italian, Spanish, British and German, will make a tour of Ho Chi Minh City and the central region, with main destinations being Da Nang, Hoi An, My Son and Hue, within three days.
In the first half of the year, Saigontourist received 37,000 sea visitors, mostly from the European countries.
New Air route between Da Nang and Da Lat cities to be opened
The Da Nang City People’s Committee and Lam Dong province have signed an agreement with Vietnam Airlines to re-open an air route connecting Da Nang and Da Lat.
Beginning in mid-June, the carrier will operate at least four flights per week from Da Nang to Da Lat with ATR72 aircraft, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.
The air route was re-opened to satisfy the demand of residents in the area as well as promote tourism development of two key tourism cities in the central and Central Highlands region.