A mandarin orange orchard in Lai Vung, Dong Thap. The region is the country’s largest fruit growing area with fruits such as rambutan, mango, durian, longan, guava, orange and plum (Source: VNA) Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho, a big fruit market in the Mekong delta region.(Source: VNA) Fruit is a specialty of the Mekong delta (Source: VNA) Foreign visitors on a green tour in Tien Giang (Source: VNA) Playing with a python, a scary but exciting experience on a Mekong delta tour (Source: VNA) Visitors to Ben Tre can enjoy and learn how steamed rice pancakes are made (Source: VNA) Crossing the river using a pulley system is an amazing experience (Source: VNA) Foreigners learn how to make Vietnamese fried spring rolls as part of a Ben Tre orchard tour (Source: VNA) Enjoying Don ca tai tu (music of amateurs), a beautiful cultural trait of people in the southwestern region.(Source: VNA) … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta – ideal travel destination
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Mekong Delta among the best places to visit in December
The Hanoitimes - The list is based on airfare trends, climate data, and worldwide cultural calendars. Mekong Delta in Vietnam has been ranked 11th among the 13 best vacation spots that should be on your radar for a December vacation, according to a list released by Business Insider, a US financial and business news website published by Insider Inc. Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Photo: Flickr Creative Commons Business Insider advises travelers that for a truly one-of-a-kind experience, head to southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta and discover a world that revolves around the river. “The most popular activity for travelers to the region is guided boat tours through the maze-like Mekong and its many offshoots. There, you’ll see incredible floating markets like the one in Can Tho, where bustling crowds of locals navigate from boat to boat trading their goods. You can also get a breathtaking view of the delta from Sam Mountain near Chau Doc,” Business Insider … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta among the best places to visit in December
Mekong delta promotes Agritourism with farmer participation
Dong Thap province at the heart of the Mekong Delta is one of provinces with most farmer participating in agri-tourism. Nguyen Be Tu, owner of Tu ca Linh a 3-hectare agritourism farm in Tam Nong District said in these days, many holiday-makers phoned to experience flood season in Dong Thap Muoi when they can enjoy fishing linh fish and other species of animals. Before, Tu family just work on paddy fields and lotus field. After he was sent to visit agritourism farm models in other places, he decided to invest in 3 hectare lotus field into homestay tourism farm. Visitors can live in thatched houses next to lotus fields to breath fresh air and enjoy nature and landscape. Visitors can drain ditches for fish, pick up vegetables and live with kind inhabitants. Owner Tu engaged in agritourism for his passion saying that he just wanted to introduce more special animals in Dong Thap; accordingly, many travelers find its way to his homestay farm. Tangerine farmer Doan Anh Kiet in Lai Vung … [Read more...] about Mekong delta promotes Agritourism with farmer participation
Mekong Delta to invest in agri-tourism
The authorities in the Mekong Delta Region are seeking ways to develop tourism based on agricultural products and services. Agri-tourism in the Mekong Delta A workshop on improving the efficiency of agricultural tourism in the Mekong Delta was also opened on October 1 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Central Coordination Office for New Villages and An Giang Province People's Committee to discuss the problem. Phan Dinh Hue, the representative of Circle Travel Services Vietnam Company, said foreign tourists often want to experience homestays and rice fields in the Mekong Delta. The number of tourists is rising annually and their spending has become one of the main revenues of Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Ben Tre provinces and Can Tho City. New and improved products will definitely attract more tourists and boost the staying time. Domestic tourists are mostly wealthy visitors from HCM City and its eastern provinces. As cars have become much easier to acquire and new … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta to invest in agri-tourism
Mekong Delta looks to promote tourism
For sale: Visitors at Cái Răng floating market in Cần Thơ City. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Liêm Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Localities in the western cluster of Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta need to foster regional co-operation to create highly competitive tourism products in the Mekong River Delta region, officials have said. The western cluster of the Mekong Delta region comprises Cần Thơ City and the six provinces of Bạc Liêu, Cà Mau, Sóc Trăng, An Giang, Hậu Giang and Kiên Giang. In the first six months of the year, the number of tourist arrivals to the cluster rose by 11 per cent to reach 17.8 million, accounting for more than 76 per cent of total tourist arrivals to the Mekong Delta region. Tourism revenue was estimated at VNĐ10.4 trillion (US$452.1 million), a year-on-year increase of more than 33 per cent. Trần Hiếu Hùng, director of Cà Mau Province’s … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta looks to promote tourism