The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has launched a joint program aimed at boosting intra-ASEAN tourism…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has launched a joint program aimed at boosting intra-ASEAN tourism, getting ASEAN residents to visit more than one of the member countries for their holidays, according to the Thai News Agency Sunday.
The ASEAN Tourism Association said that the so-called ASEAN Hip-Hop Pass, which will run until March 31, 2005, is a promotional program offering competitive prices for intra-regionaltravel by citizens of the ASEAN-member countries.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The program involves air, hotel and tour passes, which can onlybe purchased in ASEAN countries. The air pass offers visits to at least two ASEAN countries, including three flights at a price of 399 US dollars for a five-day to one-month trip, with additional flights available for 150 US dollars each.
The hotel pass offers tourists special room rates of 35 US dollars, 50 US dollars, and 70 US dollars for participating three-star, four-star and five-star hotels, respectively, and the maximum stay is seven days. At least 157 hotels involve in the program.
The tour pass offers tourists airport-hotel-airport ground transfers, and half-day city tours at 30 US dollars per passenger with a minimum of two passengers traveling.
It is only available for air pass holders and citizens of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.
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