Son Doong Cave lures 369 tourists in first half of 2015

Post date: 01/07/2015

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(Quang Binh Portal) – In the six beginning months of 2015, Son Doong Cave – the world’s largest cave attracted 369 tourists, of which there were 336 international tourists and 33 domestic tourists. Its revenues reached over VND22 billion, said the Oxalis Adventure Tours, the travel agency offering the Son Doong adventure.


Son Doong Cave - the world's largest cave

Most of tourists to this expedition tour said that this is a wonderful tour with the high quality of services, professional staff, delicious food and safe equipment.

In 2015, Oxalis has invested over US$100,000 to promote Son Doong expedition tour; invited film crews and cooperated with journalist David Lloyd and photographer Ryan Deboodt to shoot beautiful images of Son Doong Cave and other caves, and post them on the world’s famous magazines such as National Geographic and New York Times.

Especially, a clip-video on Son Doong Cave filmed by Ryan Deboodt was attracted nearly 4 million viewers. A live broadcast program on Son Doong and En Caves on Good Morning America was also shot by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), attracting millions of viewers. Besides, VTV channel also made an impressive reportage on discovering unique beauty of Son Doong Cave.

In the coming time, Oxalis will plan to cooperate with the big television firms from Singapore and Australia to promote Son Doong Cave and Quang Binh tourism to the world, helping Quang Binh develop Phong Nha – Ke Bang to become the Asia’s large tourism center.

It is known that Son Doong expedition tour has been fully booked until 2016. Especially, more than 400 Vietnamese tourists have sent emails for a reservation and many international tourists have registered for this adventure.

Son Doong Cave is an attractive destination, making a driving force to develop other tours, including: Rao Thuong – Hang En tour with nearly 968 tourists and Tu Lan tour with nearly 3,000 tourists from early year to now.

By Nhu Y
(Source: Quang Binh Portal)
 

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