The Hanoitimes - The Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company has launched additional five tours using environmentally-friendly electric cars to help domestic and foreign visitors discover Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
The Hanoitimes - The Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company has launched additional five tours using environmentally-friendly electric cars to help domestic and foreign visitors discover Hanoi ’s Old Quarter.
The new tours, which were launched on January 11, will take foreign and domestic tourists along 28 traditional trade streets in the Old Quarter to see historical sites, vestiges and old architecture and have a fresh insight into the cultural life of residents as well as handicraft artisans.
The tours will take visitors around Hanoi ’s ancient streets and trade villages to give them an insight into the spiritual culture of the locals. Visitors will also have a chance to enjoy traditional cuisine, go shopping at Dong Xuan night market and explore historical sites and architecture.
Additionally, the company will also offer tour packages to help students learn about the history of the Old Quarter, contributing to raising awareness of maintaining, preserving and upholding values of cultural and historical buildings in the capital city.
After one year of being put into operation, electric cars took nearly 366,000 visitors around the Old Quarter. Of them, foreign visitors accounted for 30 percent
Electric cars have been used for such tours in the Old Quarter since 2010. They have served many tourists, with 30 percent being foreigners, according to Do Xuan Thuy, director of the Dong Xuan Company, which operates Old Quarter tours and services.
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