Travel to Vietnam with Footprint Where Your Money Go to Support the Local Communities

(PRWEB) July 4, 2008 -- Vietnam Travel (http://www.footprintsvietnam.com), the country has so much to offer, not only being rich in culture and soaked with tradition, inspiring landscapes are around every corner, but there is a warmth to the people and the layers of culture are diverse.

Footprint is delighted to show the beauty of Vietnam to the world but always taking care of the impacts that tourism might have to the culture, environment and people. Footprint has been involved in many responsible tourism and development projects in Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Thanh Hoa, Ninh Binh and Halong (Quang Ninh).

Projects focus on raising environmental awareness of the local people and to support the local economy, all of these project locations are on the trails that their travelers leaving footprints while trekking, cruising or biking. Two of many successful projects that Footprint has been in support are Ta Phin - a CBT project in Lao Cai for Sapa tours, and one called "a green Halong Bay" in Vung Vieng fishing village for their Halong tours (http://www.footprintsvietnam.com/Tours/Halong/).

Travelers on their trips, while enjoying the beautiful landscapes and local hospitality, will have a chance to get to learn more about the work they are doing or supporting, it might not be the big change to the industry and the local communities but this the way travel should be and well worth your attention.

For more information, you can visit their website at Vietnam tours (http://www.footprintsvietnam.com/Tours/) for their current offers.

Sunny DX

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