Foreign tourists to Can Gio must get permission

A tour operator said that foreign visitors to CanGio Biosphere Reserve in the district of the same name must securepermission from authorities as the district is identified as a seaborder area.

However, other companies operating tours to Can Gio for foreigners,especial cruise ship passengers, do not know that Can Gio BiosphereReserve is classified as a sea border area, so they do not askauthorities for permission for their tours. The resulting outcome isthey have been denied permission to bring foreign tourists to Can Gio.

Meanwhile, companies arranging tours to the destination said things hadgone smoothly in the past and that competent agencies had not informedthem that Can Gio is put under special management.

Cruise passengers usually buy tours one or two days ahead of theirships docking at local ports while some even book tours on arrival.Therefore, there is not enough time for tour operators to getpermission.

Tours to Can Gio Biosphere Reserve have become attractive tointernational travelers, so the requirement may discourage them frombuying tours. The mangrove forest is a destination for both local andforeign tourists, so the city should adopt a special mechanism to luretourists, said a representative of a firm in HCMC.

International cruise passengers will pay a visa fee of US$5 each when they go ashore for a local tour.

Many cruise passengers, when arriving in HCMC and neighboring BaRia-Vung Tau Province, have visited Can Gio Biosphere Reserve since 2011as they are fond of discovering the mangrove forest.

Tours to Can Gio have been co-arranged by the management board of the biosphere reserve and tourism firms.

Foreign tourists to Can Gio must get permission

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