TRAVELLIVE 09-2016
In a late afternoon in the early autumn, I’m standing at the balcony overlooking the playground of my apartment building. Children are excited to go outside after a heavy rain. Some boys are noisily fighting to catch a plastic ball. Under the shade of trees, my daughter and her friends are drawing strange images on the stone chairs with a pen of tree’s branch dripping with water. The space is noisy yet peaceful. Autumn comes and brings with it a lot of expectations such as milk flowers in every corner or green young rice for delicious dishes. Some people are complaining that their skin is getting drier despite cool weather. Children are eager to meet their friends after a long summer holiday, participate in outdoor activities on the weekend, or gather and make crazy things at one’s house while their parents are worried about their workload. Who will take care of the kids, take them to school, contact with teachers, help them with homework, and clean the messes they make? You see, whether or not autumn is wonderful depends on our mood. While reading this letter, perhaps, you are a bit busy preparing for a new business trip or getting tired of work. But spend a few minutes this autumn to take up some intriguing things, letting the autumn winds help you find out your own tranquility!
In a late afternoon in the early autumn, I’m standing at the balcony overlooking the playground of my apartment building. Children are excited to go outside after a heavy rain. Some boys are noisily fighting to catch a plastic ball. Under the shade of trees, my daughter and her friends are drawing strange images on the stone chairs with a pen of tree’s branch dripping with water.
The space is noisy yet peaceful.
Autumn comes and brings with it a lot of expectations such as milk flowers in every corner or green young rice for delicious dishes. Some people are complaining that their skin is getting drier despite cool weather. Children are eager to meet their friends after a long summer holiday, participate in outdoor activities on the weekend, or gather and make crazy things at one’s house while their parents are worried about their workload. Who will take care of the kids, take them to school, contact with teachers, help them with homework, and clean the messes they make?
You see, whether or not autumn is wonderful depends on our mood. While reading this letter, perhaps, you are a bit busy preparing for a new business trip or getting tired of work. But spend a few minutes this autumn to take up some intriguing things, letting the autumn winds help you find out your own tranquility!
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GENERAL NEWS<br />
HOTEL DE L'OPERA HANOI<br />
Hotel de l'Opera Hanoi proudly<br />
announces to have reached top<br />
10 this year's Smart Travel Asia<br />
reader's poll in the category<br />
ëBest Boutique Hotel Asia'<br />
www.smarttravelasia.com. The<br />
SmartTravelAsia.com <strong>2016</strong> Best<br />
in Travel Poll - now in its 12 th<br />
year - is a distillation of readers'<br />
perceptions and favourite travel<br />
brands. After the award for Best<br />
Hotel and Resorts in 2013 and<br />
Best Boutique Hotels in Asia<br />
in 2014 and 2015, this is the<br />
fouth time Hotel de l'Opera was<br />
recognized in Smart Travel Asia<br />
Travel poll. Furthermore the<br />
hotel has again been awarded the<br />
<strong>2016</strong> Tripadvisor Certificate of<br />
Excellence for the 5 th successive<br />
year. The two accolades, which<br />
came in almost at the same time,<br />
have further cemented the hotel's<br />
reputation as the first choice<br />
in Hanoi for travelers seeking<br />
individuality and flair.<br />
HANOI<br />
The alley at 19/12, designed<br />
according to the style of the<br />
old quarter, will celebrate the<br />
70 th anniversary of National<br />
Resistance Day.19/12 will become<br />
the first book street in Hanoi.<br />
Located on 19/12 market which<br />
is called the Hades market, the<br />
200-meter street lies next to the<br />
Hanoi People Court and between<br />
Hai Ba Trung and Ly Thuong<br />
Kiet streets. The bookshelves<br />
are planned to be hung on<br />
street walls with suitable urban<br />
scenery, cultural spaces, and<br />
areas for readers to gather with<br />
activities such as book exchanges,<br />
seminars, and book introductions.<br />
DANANG<br />
At the beginning of September,<br />
Asia Park in Da Nang will launch<br />
a new ride: the Golden Sky<br />
Tower, the highest free-fall tower<br />
in Vietnam. The 47-meter tower<br />
is equivalent to the height of a<br />
13-storey building and can serve<br />
24 seats per round. Within 120<br />
seconds, Golden Sky Tower<br />
slowly raises visitors to the top<br />
for a panoramic view of Da Nang<br />
and then drops them to the<br />
ground at a speed of nearly 70km<br />
per hour. It is the fifth in the<br />
thrilling rides introduced to serve<br />
tourists at Asia Park following<br />
the previous games including Sky<br />
Treasure, Love Locks, The Flying<br />
Kirins, and Singapore Sling.<br />
E - VISA<br />
Vietnam will introduce the online<br />
visa system on January 1 st , 2017.<br />
Together with the visa-free<br />
and visa issued at the border,<br />
electronic visas (E-Visas) have<br />
become a popular trend in the<br />
world for many years. E-Visa<br />
has been used in many countries<br />
such as Australia, the Kingdom<br />
of Saudi Arabia, the Republic<br />
of Armenia, the Kingdom of<br />
Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Cambodia,<br />
Myanmar, and Turkey. E-Visa has<br />
contributed to solving the visa<br />
registration of a large number of<br />
tourists in a short time, creating<br />
favorable conditions for tourists<br />
to reach destinations and offer<br />
resources to support tourist<br />
industries in the implementation<br />
of travel promotion programs<br />
to key markets. Experts expect<br />
E-Visa will change the face of<br />
Vietnamese tourism. As a result,<br />
Vietnam will become a more<br />
friendly and attractive destination<br />
for international tourists.<br />
QUANG NINH<br />
Recently, Co To island has been<br />
recognized as a local tourism area<br />
by the Quang Ninh Provincial<br />
People's Committee. Therefore,<br />
foreigners with passport and<br />
visas can freely travel to the Co<br />
To. In the past, foreigners with<br />
full formalities to enter Vietnam<br />
such as passport and visa, visiting<br />
Co To needed permission from<br />
local authorities. According to<br />
the Government's Decree 71,<br />
international tourists do not need<br />
permission to visit a local tourism<br />
area. The removal will give Co<br />
To tourism more development<br />
opportunities and the island<br />
is expected to attract more<br />
international tourists.<br />
JAPAN<br />
The Japan National Tourism<br />
Organization (JNTO) has opened<br />
the Japan Online Media Center<br />
(JOMC) at website https://jomc.<br />
jnto.go.jp. JOMC is a media<br />
platform designed specifically<br />
to distribute information for<br />
media. With a database of<br />
over 7,000 photos and videos,<br />
JOMC is an exceptional tool for<br />
overseas media creating tourist<br />
content related to Japan. JOMC<br />
material focuses on popular<br />
tourist attractions, scenery and<br />
landscapes, cuisine, historical<br />
experiences, and culture. Media<br />
can access and freely register to<br />
a range of frequently updated,<br />
high-quality content.<br />
DUBAI<br />
In spite of recently opening this<br />
summer, the world largest indoor<br />
theme park, IMG World of<br />
Adventure, has rapidly become a<br />
new tourist attraction in Dubai.<br />
With a total area of 140,000<br />
square meters, the theme park<br />
is divided into 4 main parts<br />
including Marvel, IMG Boulevard,<br />
Cartoon Network, and Lost<br />
Valley. There are numerous<br />
entertainment franchises with<br />
dinosaur models, rollercoasters<br />
and countless famous cartoon<br />
characters from the CN channel<br />
there. The 28 restaurants<br />
and 25 retail stores offering<br />
approximately 5,000 items can<br />
serve 30,000 guests per day.<br />
INDONESIA<br />
Indonesia is considering a new law that<br />
would ban the production, distribution<br />
and consumption of beverages containing<br />
from one to fifty five per cent alcohol.<br />
The introduction of the bill has caused a<br />
bitter debate among parties. In particular,<br />
some experts have realized that the<br />
new law can seriously affect the tourist<br />
industry because the majority of tourists<br />
coming from key markets drink alcohol<br />
all the time. According to the experts,<br />
the Indonesian tourist industry will be at<br />
risk of collapse if the alcohol prohibition<br />
bill takes effect. Last year, Indonesia<br />
issued a ban on retailer of alcohol<br />
beverages at the tourist attractions<br />
despite the opposition from the alcohol<br />
beverage industry and the local people.<br />
Updated information about new<br />
flight routes, culture programs,<br />
tourism policies, ranking &<br />
awards... in Vietnam and other<br />
countries<br />
AIRLINES<br />
The Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation officially launched a new parallel sky highway, oneway<br />
north-south axis. Based on an advanced area navigation system which called RNAV 5, the new sky<br />
highway is said to prioritize long-distance services using modern aircraft and flying at optimal altitude.<br />
Using modern aircrafts, the system operates as Sky Highway, connecting major airports. In particular, the<br />
system is expected to double the frequency of flights on the north-south route, reducing traffic conflicts and<br />
optimizing the orbit operation of aircrafts.<br />
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