Tourists on cheap Vietnam
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HANOI — Tourists who boarded the “Dream Voyage” tour boat for Vietnam’s Halong Bay last Wednesday thought they had got a cheap deal.
It ended up costing them their lives.
Travel agents in Hanoi’s Old Quarter tourist hub say you get what you pay for, with the cheapest two-day tours that sell for about $35 relying on vessels with lower standards.
“You know why so many young people died? Because it was a cheap tour,” said one travel agent, asking not to be named.
Ten visitors from the United States, Sweden, Russia, Britain, Japan, France and Switzerland died when their boat sank while they slept before dawn on Thursday..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110222com3.html
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