Many tourism companies are reporting a 20 percentincrease in bookings as compared to non-holiday days.
Popular destinations near Hanoi include SaPa (Lao Cai province); Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Island (Quang Ninh province); TamDao mountain (Vinh Phuc province) and Ninh Binh province and those furtheraway, including the central cities of Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Phu Yen, Nha Trang,the coastal town of Mui Ne (Binh Thuan province) and Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giangprovince).
People with more money may choose travel toSoutheast Asian countries, East Asia and Europe.
For months before this holiday travelagencies in Hanoi have prepared relevant tours to serve tourists.
The Vietravel Tourism Company has worked tokeep tour prices reasonable as compared with low-season prices.
The company will serve around 24,000tourists, a 20 percent increase against the same period last year.
Up to now, the number of guests booking thecompany’s domestic tours has reached 70 percent and the number of guests bookingforeign tours has reached 80 percent of the company’s plan for this point inthe year.
Vietravel has also implemented a charterprogramme in which travelers can book a full plane and “free & easy”programmes (including hotel, flight and booking) to meet tourists’ diversifieddemands.
The Hanoi Red Tours Company since thebeginning of the year has negotiated with partners like airlines and hotelsystems in and outside the country to book flights for convenient days at thebest prices. The company’s tours for this occasion have lured thousands ofpeople. Many tours to the US, Dubai and Japan have been fully booked.
New tours include Bangkok-Pataya,Singapore-Malaysia, Seoul-Everland-Nami, and Germany-theNetherlands-Belgium-France.
The number of guests booking the tours ofthe company has surpassed 90 percent of the company’s available spots.
Nguyen Tien Dat, deputy director of theTrans-Viet Company, confirmed that the number of guests booking the company’stours increased 20-25 percent against the same period last year.
Various tours departing on convenient dayshave been sold out to destinations like Da Nang, Singapore, Thailand and theRepublic of Korea.
“On this holiday, more guests prefertravelling abroad to various destinations like Europe, Japan, the Republic of Korea,Dubai, Turkey, South Africa and the US,” he said. “Up to now, the number ofguests booking our tours has reached 80 percent of the plan.”
Since the holiday was announced early,tourists have been more active in planning and booking.
The holiday is also the beginning of summerholiday, so many localities have prepared to open summer tourism services tomark the occasion. These include Do Son (Hai Phong City), Sam Son (Thanh Hoa province),Cua La (Nghe An province), Nhat Le (Quang Binh province) and Da Nang City withits annual fire work festival.
On this occasion, the RoK TourismAuthority’s office in Vietnam has introduced Busan tourism services, focusingon luxury tours for Vietnamese guests.
Last year, Busan received 88,000 Vietnamesetourists. The city’s authorities have promoted city’s tourism potentialthroughout Vietnam.
“Airlines have increased the number offlights between Vietnam and Busan to facilitate visitors to and from bothsides,” said Shim Jeong Bo, head of Busan City’s Tourism Promotion Department.
For this holiday the Hanoi TourismDepartment has asked tourism service enterprises in the city to enhance safetyfor tourists.
The department has also examinedindividuals, enterprises and agencies working in tourism to ensure they followregulations and laws during the holiday in the city to offer the best tourismenvironment for tourists visiting the capital.-VNA