Travel demand has been surging for the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holidays. (Photo: VNA)Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Travel demand has been surging for the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holidays which last five days from April 29 to May 3 this year, according to travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City.
The long holidays helpboost tourism and travel demand, especially long tours, said Tran Phuong Linh,Ben Thanh Tourist’s Marketing and Information Technology Director.
According to thetravel agency, people have been looking for information and booking tours for the holiday since after the Lunar New Year. As of the end of February, the number of customers seeking tour information and booking double that of the same period last year.
Tour prices during theholidays increase by 10%-20% compared to those of normal days due to increasingprices of services.
Anothertravel agency, Vinagroup, reported that more than 90% of its outbound tourshave been booked, with those to Thailand, theRepublic of Korea, and Indonesia already full.
Nguyen Minh Man,director of Marketing and Communication at TSTtourist, told Sai Gon Giaiphong newspaper that domestic tours to coastal areas, islands, the CentralHighland region, and the northern and central provinces are also popular./.
