Renowned as Australia�s Orient tour specialist, Classic Oriental Tours offers the largest and most comprehensive range of tours to travellers seeking scenic, cultural and historical delights in exotic locations.

For fourteen years Classic Oriental Tours has sent visitors to some of the most interesting places in the Orient as individual holidaymakers on solo adventures and in-group tour experiences.

Classic Oriental�s flexible approach to travel has made it a favourite among a variety of travellers by presenting clients with a broad selection of touring options ranging from backpacker style journeys through to luxury holidays.

China tour specialist Trevor Lake founded classic Oriental Tours in 1986. Within three months of being founded, it had been selected by most of the major retail chains in Australia as their preferred China operator.

Over the years the company has consistently built on its range of holiday destinations to now offer twenty different culturally rich destinations for travellers to explore. Originally created to provide an alternative option to �easy� destinations such as Hong Kong, Singapore and popular Asian beach resorts, Classic Oriental Tours has always looked to providing tours of regions �off the beaten tourist track�.

Classic Oriental Tours has maintained this philosophy while broadening its selection of tours to offer a range �Tropical Resort� holidays in exotic lands for stressed executives, honeymooners and the thinking traveller.

Group and independent tours at all standards are offered by Classic Oriental to China, India, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Borneo, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Independent treks Nepal, Pakistan, Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Thailand and Bhutan. Tropical Holidays are offered to Borneo, Maldives, Philippines, Mauritius, Seychelles, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Tahiti, Fiji, and Bali.

For more information on Classic Oriental Tours, please visit www.classicoriental.com.au.

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For more information: Rachel White Group Communications Manager The Travel Corporation 02 9028 5035 rachel.white@travelcorporation.com.au