Quang binh

The central Quang Binh Province, which is home to UNESCO-protected Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and the world's largest cave Son Doong, has just welcomed its first visitors after resuming tourism activities on October 15. Tourists exploring a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang The first six domestic tourists arrived on Friday evening on a Vietnam Airlines flight from HCM City. They followed a three-day-two-night package tour organised by the Oxalis Adventure Company. The tour will take them to sites such as Chay Lap Farmstay and the Tu Lan cave system in Phong Nha-Ke Bang. Director of Quang Binh Provincial Tourism Department, Nguyen Ngoc Quy welcome the tourists at Dong Hoi Airport on October 15 On October 15, Quang Binh received two flights from HCM City with nearly 100 passengers. To attract more visitors, local authorities have removed the mandatory quarantine regulations. Tourists to the province would only be allowed … [Read more...] about Quang Binh receives first tourists

Six tourists from Ho Chi Minh City arrived in the central Quang Binh Province, home to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and the world’s largest cave Son Doong, on a commercial flight Friday night. They registered a three-day-two-night tour package with major tour operator Oxalis, which earlier got the greenlight from provincial authorities to welcome fully vaccinated domestic tourists from now until June next year. The group of tourists would stay at Chay Lap Farmstay & Resort and explore Tu Lan Cave, a pristine tourist destination in Quang Binh. To join the tour package, tourist must be fully vaccinated with the second dose administered at least 14 days before arrival or furnish a certificate showing they had contracted and recovered from Covid. They also need to show a negative Covid certificate using the PCR method within 72 hours before departure. Upon arrival, tourists are exempt from quarantine and testing regulations. After a long time of lockdown measures and … [Read more...] about Quang Binh, Vung Tau welcome first domestic tourists in new normalcy period

The central province of Quang Binh on October 15 welcomed the first tourists from another locality after a long hiatus triggered by the latest COVID-19 wave. A tourism official of Quang Binh greets the tourists from another locality on October 15 The six tourists, arriving by air from Ho Chi Minh City, are visiting Quang Binh in a package tour permitted by the provincial People’s Committee. They will experience services at Chay Lap Farmstay, explore the Tu Lan cave system, and wrap up their trip on October 17. This is one of the package tours offered by the Oxalis Adventure company and attracting much interest from travellers from HCM City, Hanoi, and many other localities. Nguyen Ngoc Quy, Director of the provincial Tourism Department, said Quang Binh has been ready to welcome travellers back, describing the welcoming of this tourist group as an important event marking the resumption and gradual recovery of the local tourism industry. The tourist reception process … [Read more...] about Quang Binh welcomes first tourists from outside after pandemic-caused hiatus

At the event. (Photo: VNA) Quang Binh (VNA) - A webinar to bolster cooperation between the central coastal province of Quang Binh and the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held on October 15. At the event, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs for Provinces at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Tran Thanh Huan said the ministry and the Embassy of RoK in Vietnam together with RoK partners have organised various events to bolster cooperation between the two countries at large and Quang Binh and the RoK in particular. Briefing the participants on Quang Binh’s potential and strengths across multiple fields, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Vu Dai Thang said the webinar offered a chance for Quang Binh and RoK businesses and investors to enhance connection and information sharing, thereby fostering investment in the Vietnamese province. Investors from the RoK are among prioritised partners of Quang Binh and they will receive optimal conditions to operate in the … [Read more...] about Quang Binh mulls fostering cooperation with RoK

The six tourists, arriving by air from Ho Chi Minh City, are visiting Quang Binh in a package tour permitted by the provincial People’s Committee. They will experience services at Chay Lap Farmstay, explore the Tu Lan cave system, and wrap up their trip on October 17. Quang Binh is now opened to travellers from COVID-19-free zones (green zones) and those applying the Prime Minister’s Directive 15/CT-TTg on pandemic prevention and control (yellow zones). Those from “yellow zones” can only take part in “sandbox” package tours or certain services on small scale to ensure safety. Quang Binh is dubbed the "Kingdom of caves" with hundreds of caves of various sizes as well as incredible mountain scenery and sprawling beaches. It is home to Son Doong Cave, accredited as the world’s largest and most beautiful natural cave by the World Records Union and the World Records Association, as well as the UNESCO-recognised world heritage site Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park./. VNA … [Read more...] about Quang Binh welcomes first tourists after pandemic-caused hiatus

With the country shifting from a 'zero-Covid' strategy to living safely with the pandemic and most localities easing Covid restrictions and reopening tourism activities, several travel agencies have been looking for ways to bring back tourists by launching tour packages that cater to new normal requirements. One common requirement for all tours is that every tourist must be fully vaccinated with the second dose administered at least 14 days before arrival or furnish a certificate showing they had contracted and recovered from Covid. They also need to show a negative Covid certificate using the PCR method within 72 hours before departure. On Tuesday, authorities in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam’s ‘Cave Kingdom’, approved major tour operator Oxalis Adventure trialing a tour package program that welcomes fully vaccinated domestic tourists from now until June next year. As envisaged, tourists from HCMC and Hanoi would arrive in Quang Binh by charter flights or buses to join the tour … [Read more...] about Travel firms fashion new normal tour packages to revive tourism