Golden Bridge - a tourist attraction in the central city of Da Nang. (Photo: VNA)Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam is still a favouritetourist destination for Republic of Korea travellers on the upcoming Seollalor Korean Lunar New Year - a holiday and celebration whichmarks the first day of the Korean Lunar Calendar.
This year, Seollal falls on January 22.
Data from travel agencies in the Republic of Korea showsthat the demand for overseas travel of people in the country during the Seollalis high even though the holiday only lasts four days.
As of the beginning of January 2023, travel agencies soldout 80% of the total air tickets that they prepare for the holiday.
Favourite destinations selected by Korean travellers include Japan, Vietnam, and some other Southeast Asian countries.
Vietnam is still a favourite tourist destination for Republic of Korea travellers on the upcoming Seollal or Korean Lunar New Year. (Photo: vnexpress.net)An official of Korea’s travel agency MODETOUR said that itsold out about 87% of tickets departing during the Lunar New Year festival, ofwhich tickets to Japan’s Osaka sold out the fastest.
Hanjin Travel also confirmed that all tickets for charterflights to Japan’s Kagoshima province departing during the holiday this yearwere sold out.
Due to the short holiday period, tourist destinations nearKorea such as Japan and Southeast Asian countries are very popular.
According to Hana Tour Company, as of January 9, its toursstarting from January 20 to 24 were booked with 54% to Southeast Asia, 30% toJapan, and 7% to Europe.
Specifically, in Southeast Asia, 36% of its clients chooseVietnam, 17% choose Thailand, 12% choose the Philippines and 7% choose Taiwan(China).
The RoK tourism industry considers these very positivesigns of recovery since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
A survey by major tour operators in the country shows thatmore than 80% of products that they planned to offer during the lunar new yearholiday have been welcomed by customers.
An official from Lotte Tour said that so far all of itsplans are still in progress without any changes or problems. Compared to threeyears ago, this is the recovery starting from zero to 100./.
