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Tour bookings for upcoming holidays surge

As travel demands during the National Liberation Day (April 30) and the May Day (May 1) have surged, many travel firms said that their outbound tours have been fully booked, while those for domestic destinations have also increased strongly.
Tour bookings for upcoming holidays surge ảnh 1Phu Quoc has been a "hot" check-in place (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – As travel demands during the National Liberation Day (April 30) and the May Day (May 1) have surged, many travelfirms said that their outbound tours havebeen fully booked, while those for domestic destinations have also increased strongly.

A representative from Saigontourist said that during theholidays, the firm plans to serve 25,000-300,000 tourists.

Meanwhile, Vietravel will provide services to more than4,000 visitors. So far, its tours have been booked by 60 percent.

Nguyen Nguyet Van Khanh, Vietravel Vice Director formarketing, said that this year, thanks to affordable prices, trips to Cambodia,Thailand, Singapore and Dubai have drawn large crowds of visitors.

Tour bookings for upcoming holidays surge ảnh 2Travel demands during the National Liberation Day (April 30) and the May Day (May 1) have surged (Photo: vnexpress.net)
Smaller travel firms also said that they have receivedbookings from 300-600 tourists for the four-day holidays.

Meanwhile, many new services and promotion prgrammes havebeen launched in Ho Chi Minh City, including a helicopter tour to view the cityfrom the above.

This year, National Reunification Day and the May Day fallon Saturday and Sunday, so workers will have two more days off on the nextMonday (May 2) and Tuesday (May 3).

Earlier during the three-day holiday of Hung Kingscommemoration earlier in April, the tourism sector served about 3 million domestic travelers,according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism./.
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