Strip Tram Lake Resort is going to open in July

(Top Tourist Attractions)Tram Lake Project Company (HTP) has announced the first resort belonging to the complex of Strip Tram Lake Resort with the new name “The Grand – Strip Tram Lake”. It’ll be launched to welcome visitors since July, 26th 2013 .

The first phase of the cluster complex of Strip Tram Lake includes 541 five-star-standard rooms, game area with awards, modern conference center, 10 restaurants and bar, relaxing spa center, designated area for children and youth, 3 outdoor swimming pools and luxury shopping center.

From October, 2012, HTP commenced the second phase of Strip Tram Lake, consisting of the second five-star hotel tower with 559 rooms and some other categories for entertainment. 

The golf yard The Bluffs which is designed by the legendary golfer Greg Norman, is currently in the process of construction.Mr. John Webb, the director of hotel block “The Grand – Strip Tram Lake” stated that 2000 employees were trained methodically and are ready to serve visitors. 

About 2 hours of driving car from Ho Chi Minh City, the complex of Strip Tram Lake belongs to Ba Ria – Vung Tau province and is located 2.2 km along with the beach with the surrounded protective forest. It’s composed of The Grand tourism complex, 3 other five-star-resorts and the golf yard The Bluffs.

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The mysterious stories on the Phu Quoc pearl island

(Top Tourist attractions in Vietnam)Behind the beautiful natural scenery which moved the tourists, Phu Quoc pearl island has some hidden mysterious stories regarding the giant python that people haven’t known yet.

 Phu Quoc (also known as the pearl island) is the largest island in Vietnam, 45 kilometers from Ha Tien town. From Ho Chi Minh city, it’s about 1 hour flight to reach this beautiful island and it’ll appear in front of your eyes.
 

Travelling to Phu Quoc is the choice of many domestic and foreign tourists. With the beautiful coastline and charming natural scenery, Phu Quoc island is one of the most beautiful tourism islands among the system of islands in Vietnam.  

It’s also considered as the national natural reserve with the pristine forest ecosystem and sea. Many people said that behind the Phu Quoc innumerable and extensive forest, there are a lot of mysterious stories that visitors discover when coming to Phu Quoc. Among them, that’s the story of giant and ferocious animals.

In the past, Phu Quoc forest likes a novel in which each chapter and paragraph is attractive with listeners. Those stories about giant eagles and python via the residents on Phu Quoc island may be just one of many mysteries which Phu Quoc forest is keeping. 

To understand more about these mysterious things that you haven’t ever known about python at Phu Quoc, let’s visit this land through the program of discovering Vietnam.

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Lao Cai will have teleferic at Sapa tourist base

(Vietnam Tourism News) On 31th May, the Provincial Standing of People’s Committee had a meeting and listened to the Fansipan Sapa Teleferic Tourism Service Ltd., Co report the investment project of building the complex of cultural tourism, teleferic service, entertainment and Fansipan Sapa hotel in Sapa district.

The Fansipan Sapa Teleferic Tourism Service Ltd., Co is a member of Ba Na Teleferic Service Joint Stock Company belonging to the Sun Group Corporation – the company has had some representative building in Vietnam such as: Ba Na hill, Da Nang Intercontinental Hotel, Da Nang Novotel Hotel, the Sun Villas luxury resort in My Khe beach – Da Nang, Sun City office building in Hanoi, the complex of West Lake View apartments, hotels and senior services.

With the project in Sapa, Sun Group’s investment will be divided into 2 periods. The first period is the system of teleferic and the complex of cultural tourism. It’s expected to commence in 2013 and complete in 2014. The second period is the system of hotels and recreation area. 

The objective of this project is to establish a complex of modern and luxury tourist base in Sapa and create more tourism products for Sapa. This is the priority construction so that the Chairman of Provincial People’s Community decided to set up the descriptor group which is managed by the director of the Department of Planning and Investment. The group is responsible to support and go along with the investor for implementing procedures, handling difficulties and problems during the process of project implementation.

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6 restaurants make diners indulge in

(Best Destinations)Some restaurants not only bring to you the delicious foods, attentive serve, but also offer many interesting experience. They’re the restaurants in hotel which are extremely attractive.

While most of hotel restaurants don’t focus on giving inspiration or excitement for diners to get more appetizing meals, some of them make diners not want to leave the table. They not only enjoy eating, viewing, but also enjoy their life.

1. Sirocco Restaurant of Lebua Hotel, Bangkok

Located on the 63th floor of the skyscrapers in Bangkok city, Sirocco of five-star Lebua Hotel is the highest outdoor restaurant in the world. Sitting here, leisurely enjoying dishes and you will have a panoramic view of the city.
Musicians play instruments live in the restaurant and create a wonderful atmosphere when the diners come in.

2. The restaurant of Resort Velassaru, Maldives

The luxury resort in Maldives will bring to you many amazing food choices but maybe the barbecue with satay is the most passionate dish.
The chairs are made of sands looking very magnificent. The meals on beach are usually cooked for diners by Velassaru in the afternoon, with chef and waitress for each table.

3. The restaurant of Longitude 131 Hotel, Australia

The dinner under stars, next to romantic candles on the ground, visitors will have the chance to enjoy a poetic and attractive space of a secluded hotel named of Longitude 131 – located nearly Ayers rock which has existed thousands of years in Australia.

Diners will enjoy traditional foods which are cooked from animals such as crocodile, kangaroo and barramundi , wallow in melodious music and dances of the local people. All these things help you to feel the local aboriginal culture.

4. Soneva Kiri Resort, Gulf of Thailand

It’s nothing greater than sitting in a cage made of bamboo and eating and drinking in nature. This beautiful restaurant belongs to Soneva Kiri resort. Visitors will be pulled 6 meters high in the mid-air with a pulley system to enjoy food on the top of tree in the ancient tropical forest. 

 5. Ristorante Grotta Palazesse Hotel, Italy.

 

Located in the middle of limestone arches cave, the restaurant is situated in Ristorante Grotta Palazesse Hotel on Adriatic Sea, the South of Italy. The hotel is the place where thousands of visitors come each year between May and October because the visitors are interested in the restaurant inside.

Lying at the height of 74 feet above sea level, the diner will enjoy the strange beautiful ocean views from the large cave. This cave has been existed since 1700. And there is nothing to surprise when the restaurant serves the diners seafood caught from the Mediterranean Sea.

6. The underwater restaurant in Conrad Maldives Hotel, Maldives

The Ithaa Restaurant belongs to in Conrad Maldives Hotel under water. This famous restaurant attracts a lot of visitors each year to come here, enjoy food while watching the ocean bottom.

Deep 5 meters under water, the restaurant welcomes all visitors who love sea. You will have chance to view 180 degree the beautiful ocean with many kinds of corals and the sea’s life in your sight.

For family trips, children will enjoy lunch in the restaurant, but except dinner.

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Vietnam has the world’s best eco-resort

Best Destinations - The US National Geographic Magazine has selected the Six Senses Con Dao eco resort – Vietnam as one of the best eco resorts in over the world.

No need to wear shirt, no need to wear shoes...at Six Senses resort. It’s a wonderful shelter which was built from teak including thousands of ancient recycled wood panels above. 

The resort is located on the world-class beach which belongs to the Con Dao National Park. It takes 45- minute-flight from Ho Chi Minh City. Six Senses focuses on the sustainability with innovation of local meals, organic, no bottled water and products; convenience and cleaning, self-decaying and non-toxic.

Coming here, visitors can windsurf, go sailing or simply immerse in the cool water of swimming pool of Six Sense and be sunk in in pristine nature of the island.

The resort offers 50 rooms with the price from 580 USD/night included breakfast.

     Six Senses - Con Dao

The list consists of 25 eco resorts around the world which were voted by the National Geographic Magazine. Along with Six Senses, there are the representatives of Indonesia, China, India, South Africa, Greece, Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand...

Here are top 10 of the best resorts in the world that has been selected for your summer holiday this year.

1. Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve in South Africa 

                                   Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat 

2. Misool Eco Resort in Indonesia

                                                               Misool Eco Resort

3. Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica in Peru

                                                              Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica

4. The ocean eco resort at the Conservation Ecology Centre in Victoria in Victoria, Australia. 

                                                      Mark Watson, Victoria Tourism 

5. The Zone of Shelter on Milia Mountain, Greece

                                       Vassilis Kotrotsos, Milia Mountain Retreat

6. Jicaro Island Ecolodge in Nicaragua 

                                                       Jicaro Island Ecolodge in Nicaragua 

7. Yangshuo Resort in Guangxi - China

                                                   Dorothea Schmid, Redux

8. Jetwing Vil Uyana in Sri Lanka

                                                                           Jetwing Vil Uyana

  

9. The border farm eco resort in Poland

                                                            Eco-Frontiers Ranch

10. The camping land Damaraland in Namibia

                                                    Dana Allen, Wilderness Safaris

11. The Bulunggula resort in South Africa 

                                                 Mike Cohen, Bulungula Lodge

12. The Eagle View Camping Zone in Kenya

                                                        Basecamp Eagle View

13. The eco resort Feynan in Jordan

                                                                 Feynan Ecolodge

14. Cristalino Jungle Lodge in Brazil

                                               Samuel Melim, Cristalino Lodge

15. Laguna Lodge in Guatemala

                                                 Laguna Lodge Eco-Resort & Nature Reserve

16. Resurgence in New Zealand

                                                   The Resurgence, New Zealand

17. Six Senses in Con Dao, Vietnam

                                                              Six Senses ,Vietnam

18. Chumbe Island Coral Park Resort in Zanzibar

                                             Hauke Dressler, Getty Images

19. Three Camel Lodge in Mongolia

                                               G. Gan-Ulzii, Three Camel Lodge

20. DumaTau in Botswana

                                                Mike Myers, Wilderness Safaris

21. The eco resort Cree Village in Canada

                                                                     Dave McKechnie

22. Turtle Inn in Belize

                                                     Francis Ford Coppola Resorts

23. Hacienda Santa Rosa in Mexico

                                                            Starwood Archive

24. The eco resort Pacuare in Costa Rica

                                                                Pacuare Lodge

25.  Cam District  in Kabini , India

                                                   Orange County Resorts & Hotels Ltd

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7 countries are to be considered exempt from applying for visa by the Government

The Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed departments to assess the political, economic and security impact after exempting visa for Japanese, Korean, Russian tourists and those from 4 North Western countries during the past time.

At the meeting of the state steering committee regarding tourism lately, it has been proposed that the government need to consider and deliver policies in order to enable international tourists to visit Vietnam by means of visa exemption for tourists from some important markets such as Japan, Korea, Russia and 4 North Western countries), adjust their temporary residential period to be 30 days instead of 15 days as before.

The Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Department of Culture Sports and Tourism to assess the overall impact of visa exemption for citizens of the above seven countries and specify course of action in the up-coming time, submitted to the government.

In April, Vietnamese Tourism Association h as proposed to the government continuing visa exemption for the seven countries on the condition that the directed Minister of Foreign Affairs suggests that the experiment of freeing visa for the seven countries, which costs Vietnam 50 million USD.

As Mr. Vu The Binh, the Vice president of the tourism association said, unless the government accepts visa exemption, Vietnam has lose its competitive advantage over the countries with open visa  mechanism for foreign tourists. For example, 55 countries benefit from visa exemption in Thailand and 155 countries in Malaysia.

He also said that Vietnam in comparison with neighbouring countries has not been such a tourist attraction yet. In addition to complicated visa procedure, this makes tourists seem to be unimpressed. Furthermore, among the seven countries mentioned above, Korea, Russia and Japan are all potential markets for Vietnamese tourism. In 2012, the sales /revenue gained from tourists of the three countries is 2 billion USD while VAT gained is 200 million USD.

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