DEVELOPMENTS - Bridge opens route for 'caravan tourism' in Mekong Delta

eTN Asia, 12-12-2006

Typhoons which have become more frequent lately have not stopped Vietnam from being a tourist destination for land 'caravan tourists' which is booming.

The opening of the East-West Economic Corridor in the Mekong Delta has brought with it an unexpected boom in 'caravan tourism' to Da Nanag, in central Vietnam, according to latest news reports.

The official inauguration of the Huu Nghi Bridge, connecting Mukdakhan in Thailand
and Savanakhet in Laos in the Mekong Delata on December 20, picked to commemorate Laos's 61st National Day is expected to boost tourism and trade activities along the economic corridor.

Foreign tourists have helped to popularize overland journeys to Vietnam from
Thailand, pushing the number of caravan tours to 20,000, up five-fold from last year's figures, said Thai Ba Canh, deputy director of Da Nang Tourism Department.

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