Saigontourist Travel Service Co. one of the Vietnam travel agencies this year will maintain their special tours during the Tet holiday season to serve foreign visitors.
This year’s products by Saigontourist include a one-day ‘Welcoming Tet in the Mekong Delta’ priced at VND945,000 from Jan 16 to 22 and ‘Enjoying Tet with the Saigonese’ at VND630,000 for a half day from Jan 23 to 26.
The first tour sees tourists join a sightseeing program, visit colorful flower markets, pagodas and make banh tet (glutinous rice cakes) along with My Tho City’s residents.
The latter tour includes a visit to Tao Dan flower market and Cho Lon (China Town) by xich lo (a Vietnamese three-wheel pedicab), besides enjoying traditional dishes at local residents’ homes.
Tet tours by Saigontourist have always attracted large numbers of foreign visitors since it first launched the service in 2003.