(VNAT) last week urged local tour operators to stop bringing local tourists to casinos in foreign countries and to better protect tourists on tours abroad

Vietnam’s Danang Port Company Limited and Singapore’s Cruise Centre Pte Ltd will establish a joint-venture company to develop an international tourist wharf to receive cruise ships at Danang’s Tien Sa Port, a local partner said. Nguyen Thu, general director of Danang Port, told theM Daily on Sunday that the two partners had signed a memorandum of understanding in Dalat on Saturday at the annual meeting of the Vietnam-Singapore cooperation program.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) last week urged local tour operators to stop bringing local tourists to casinos in foreign countries and to better protect tourists on tours abroad.According to a document signed by Nguyen Van Tuan, head of VNAT, the tourism agency also asked local tour operators to stop sending tourists to unsafe destinations.VNAT said the agency issued the document because some companies were arranging outbound tours with low quality services for local travelers. Some tourists have even had accidents.

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The two partners will develop a modern tourist wharf with first class services for high-end travelers and promote cruise tourism in Danang and Singapore. Singapore Cruise Centre will help the local partner to bring more international cruise ships to the city.“We have selected experts from both sides to discuss detailed contents about the tourist wharf’s construction as well as our investment contribution,” Thu said. He hoped the Singaporean partner, with more experience in operating cruise terminals, would help his company manage and operate the first cruise terminal in the city.

Singapore Cruise Centre manages and operates three ferry terminals and one cruise terminal in Singapore that handle more than eight million passengers annually.According to the Danang City Tourism Promotion Center, foreign cruise passengers account for over 10% of international visitors to the city. The city welcomed 38 cruise ships last year with around 40,000 guests and expects to receive nearly 50,000 cruise passengers this year.VNAT also asked local culture, sports and tourism departments to monitor outbound tour activities of tour operators.Last month, a group of Vietnamese tourists met with an accident in Thailand that killed one and injured six others.

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