Vietnam to offer first trans-ASEAN motor tour

Hanoi (VNA) - Nine tourists from the US , Canada and Norway will join
in a trans-ASEAN tour by motorbike, which will be launched in Vietnam
for the first time on September 24.

The trip will last two months under which travellers will drive through
Vietnam for 20 days, then travel across Laos, Cambodia and Thailand before
ending up in Malaysia.

The tour is offered by the Vinh Tan Tourism and Trade Company (Vyta Tours),
which is also the first travel business in Vietnam and Southeast Asia to
arrange trips of this type for tourists going in groups.

Vyta Tours Director Phan Than said his company came to the idea of this type
of tour in the light of its 12-year experience in offering trans-Vietnam
motor tours for foreign tourists.

According to Than, such tours are popular among foreign travellers despite
higher prices.

Than said he thought Vietnam has a great potential for developing this type
of tourism as the country is located on the trans-Asia road and boasts
various recognised world natural and cultural heritage sites such as the
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, the former imperial capital of Hue, the
ancient town of Hoi An and the My Son relics.

However, the number of motor tours remains limited at several trips a year
in Vietnam due to complicated procedures in tour approval and granting
driving licences for travellers, Than added.