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Tourism in Cebu: The Historic Downtown Tour

When my parents went to Vietnam for a vacation, we could not help but notice how organized the tourism industry was. We booked a hotel in District One, which is considered as the Tourist District. It has all types of places to stay from a backpacker’s hostels to luxurious hotels. As a compliment, the place also has different types of dining establishments. The streets are filled with tourists until late at night. We decided to book a packaged tour which was advertised in our hotel. I noticed that the same packaged tours were advertised in all the hotels around the district, and in the tourist websites as well (such as TripAdvisor). On the day of the tour, we were told to wait in the hotel lobby. Someone came in and led us to a spot where other tourists from other hotels who also booked the same tour were waiting. The bus arrived and the person who gathered us turned us over to the tour guide who came with the bus. We noticed that the bus and the guide, as well as the p