Carnaval Hạ Long 2015

With theme of "Converging quintessence - spreading smile", Halong Carnaval will officially take place at night on 04/27/2015 on Hoang Quoc Viet street, Hung Thang Ward, Halong City (Quang Ninh).

Quang Ninh authority said: Halong Carnaval Festival is peaking activity of 2015 Vietnam Tourism. Therefore, the preparation is urgently implemented.

On the agenda, Carnaval is composed of several parts: the opening ceremony, arts performance, Carnaval parade and fireworks show. Although two performances separated on stage but the difference of this time is both parts will take place in parallel during the festival to create festive atmosphere lively and new strange for audiences.

Theme of parade is "Ha Long Smile". This year there are about 10 flower cars, participatory models with performances of vibrant rhythms and also the participation of over 50 Miss, professional models and over 2,000 public actors from Quang Ninh. In particular, this festival expresses the idea of "Halong friendship" by representing the colors of neighbor nations such as Thailand, Laos, China through their dance, traditional costumes.

Over 8 times of organization, Carnaval becomes a tourism brand of Quang Ninh. Vibrant street festivals siphon thousands of tourists to come here every year to welcome a brilliant summer. With the participation of local people and tourists, indigenous cultural elements are increasingly seemed more pronounced through every period of the festival.

By Gray Line Halong

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Indonesia: Building Up for More Traffic

From Grayline Halong's Blog - October 2012

Indonesian ports expect to see 211 cruise ship calls and nearly 116,000 passengers this year, ranging from the 34-passenger True North to the 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice. Next year’s forecast is for 228 calls and nearly 129,000 passengers, according to Noviendi Makalam, director of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. He said that itineraries between Singapore and Bali were ideal, using both destinations for embarkation.

In addition, and calling it a new trend, a spokesperson said there are more cruises within the Indonesian islands, including sailings offered by Seabourn and Silversea. Also, in 2014, he said, Holland America Line’s Rotterdam will sail roundtrip from Indonesia. The Rotterdam is slated to call at 10 Indonesian ports – seven where she can come alongside and three with tendering.

A three-year development program calls for preparing 11 Indonesian ports to be able to handle 3,000-passenger ships, and for a total of 25 ports to be able to handle ships in the 500 to 700 passenger range.

Efforts are also underway to “open cabotage” regulations, thus enabling ships to sail Eastern Indonesian itineraries from Bali, the spokesperson explained. This year, there are 16 turnarounds in Bali, including Crystal, Orion, Seabourn and Silversea.

Currently, the traffic is distributed among some 70 different ports and destinations in Indonesia, with the majority of the calls in Bali, Nusa, Tenggara and Java, according to Makalam.

Princess Cruises is the single largest with 17 percent of the passenger volume, followed by Holland America Line, with 18 percent, and Royal Caribbean International and Seabourn Cruise Line with 10 percent each.

The most frequent callers this year are the 100-passenger Orion with 54 calls and the Seabourn Legend with 28 calls.

Thirty-nine percent of the passengers are from North America, 32 percent from Australia, 26 percent from Europe, and 3 percent from Asia.

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Gray Line Halong To Introduce New Travel Products

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Marking the 100th anniversary of Gray Line ® in 2010, Gray Line Vietnam is proud to join the prestigious range of Gray Line Worldwide. For the last 2 years, the company has served over 3,000 thousand travelers visiting Vietnam and in 2012, Gray Line Halong cruise is brought by Threeland Travel Vietnam to join the range of 4,000 global products of Gray Line. Above of all, Gray Line Halong cruise is the 1st ocean cruise of Gray Line.

The company offers the most fascinating way to travel to Halong in comfort and style with two new vacation packages: Halong inspiration and Halong full day kayaking.

Halong inspiration is a 2-day-tour that covers almost all the beautiful highlights of Halong Bay such as Tuan Chau Wharf, Incense Burner islet, Rock Dog islet, Duck islet, Sung Sot Cave, Titov Beach and some famous fishing villages nearby. Tourists can fully experience sea kayaking, enjoy the fresh seafood served at the cruise restaurant and observe cooking demonstration with many Vietnamese traditional foods. Also, a chance to get acquainted to the local’s life is applicable. Thus, there’s no reason that tourists can take full advantage of their precious time visiting Halong Bay.

Halong full day kayaking is a 3-day-tour which can help tourists dig deeper in the exquisite scenery of Halong Bay. Besides all these above activities, tourists can have access to a lot of stunning stopovers, for instance, Pearl Farm, Ba Trai Dao Beach and Tai-Chi. The cruise also provides visitors with some memorial experiences such as tasty barbecue seafood on boat, full day cruising and kayaking. With the all-inclusive offer from Gray Line Halong cruise, tourists can not only discover the wonderful landscape of a UNESCO Heritage but also get pleasure from the luxury cruising services.

Apart from cruise itineraries with 1 night or 2 nights on board, Gray Line Cruise can definitely organize open itineraries around Halong bay, Bai Tu Long bay or Lan Ha bay for a private group; such as Halong – Vung Vieng fishing village – Bai Tu Long bay 2 days/ 1 night, Halong – Fairy Lake – Soi Sim beach 2 days/1 night, Halong – Sung Sot cave – Viet Hai village – Cat Ba national park 3 days/ 2 nights on board, Every corners of 3 bays Halong – Bai Tu Long – Lan Ha 4 days/ 3 nights on board, Incentive tours on Gray Line Cruise 2 days/ 1 night and Wedding ceremony on Gray Line Cruise 2 days/ 1 night. Before or after cruising, if visitor want to extend their staying time in Halong city, Tuan Chau island or Cat Ba islands, they can easily negotiate with the operator.

If you are interested in Vietnam Tours and Vietnam Travel, please check out Threeland Travel Vietnam and contact us to get further details. For specification about Halong Travel, e.g.: Halong Bay Junk, Halong Bay Cruise, Halong Luxury Cruise etc., please directly visit Gray Line Halong. We are pleased to be your best local friend!

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