Educational tour to U.S. to go ahead next month

The Saigon Times Daily

Ho Chi Minh City-based travel firm Perfect Tour will launch a new tour to Boston next month for Vietnamese parents and students looking for tertiary education opportunities in one of North America’s cradles of learning.

Perfect Tour director, Nguyen The Khai, told The Saigon Times on Wednesday the first week-long tour would start in late August.

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be highlights of the educational tour, before the group embarks on sightseeing trips to New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Niagara Falls, Khai said.

“Vietnamese tourists are interested in learning about American education and they often ask for help from their relatives in America,” the director said.

The trip will cost the 35 registered participants US$3,200 each, he said.

Perfect Tour arranges outbound tours to the U.S. every week but only ten percent of its customers are holidaymakers, according to Khai.

Most customers tour the U.S. to visit their relatives and half of them want to learn more about American education for their children, Khai said.

The director said his company also plans to team up with universities and colleges in Seattle and Florida.

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