The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) received more than 50,000 foreign tourists by sea during the first nine months of the year.
Only on September 21, the company welcomed 1,250 foreign visitors, who travelled to Vietnam on the cruise liner Costa Allegra, on its fourth visit to the country.
The visitors, mostly from Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany, have helped to increase the total number of international travellers the company has received by sea to over 5,000 in September and over 50,000 in the first nine months of the year.
As part of the company’s programme, the visitors will visit Ho Chi Minh City and a number of central provinces.