VALUE WORLD TOURS, INC. is a wholesale tour & cruise operator and has been in operation since 1992. The company has 2 divisions; ValueAir.com that provides airfare support and ticketing, and Value River Cruises which specializes in small ship and river cruising world-wide. The company is a wholesaler to wholesalers and has provided their services over the years to major brand name companies including Brendan Tours, Gate-1 tours, General Tours to name a few. The company has pioneered river cruises in many new destinations including Russia (1992), Ukraine (1995), China Yangtze (1997), Danube (1999) and Mekong Cruises (2004) – well before these destinations became mainstream. While the company does not own any vessels it operates ships on a fully chartered or exclusive block basis that includes:
EUROPE, DANUBE
- M/S Kleine Prinz; 88 passenger vessel operating 10 night sailings between Vienna and Bucharest
- M/S Navigator: 134 deluxe passenger vessel also sailing 10 night programs between Vienna and Bucharest
- M/S Explorer : 172 passenger vessel operating 7 night cruises between Passau & Passau
- M/S Alemannia: 186 passenger vessel that sailing 7 nights between Amsterdam and Basel
RUSSIA, VOLGA
- M/S Sergei Yesenin: A unique 90 passenger vessel sailing between Moscow and St. Petersburg
CHINA, YANGTZE
- M/S President 6 & 8; 460 passenger deluxe vessels operating 4 day sailings between Chongqing and Yichang
EGYPT, NILE
- M/S Nile Dolphin; 136 passenger deluxe vessel Sailing 4 night cruises along the Nile from Luxor to Aswan
INDIA, HOOGHLY
- M/V Sukapha; 24 passenger vessel operating 7 night sailings between Jangipur and Chandenagore
CROATIA, ADRIATIC CRUISES
- M/Y “Prestige” & M/Y “President”: 38 passenger super yachts sailing 7 nights from Split to Split
VIETNAM/CAMBODIA, MEKONG CRUISES
- M/S “Prestige II”; 66 passenger deluxe vessel operating 7 night cruises between Saigon and Siem Reap
MYANMAR, IRRAWADDY
- M/V “Kindat/Kalaw” Pandas; 40 passenger vessels operating 7 night sailings between Bagan and Mandalay
UKRAINE, DNIEPER CRUISES
- M/S “General Vatutin”: 240 passenger vessel operating 11 night sailings between Kiev and Odessa
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