A corner of Grand World Phu Quoc. (Photo: vinpreal.com)Hanoi (VNA) - Travel companies in Vietnam have made plans to meet the rising demand for visitors as the summer holiday peaks.
Tran Quoc Bao, deputy generaldirector of Saigontourist, a leading tour operator, said it expects to serve more than280,000 customers and the number may be higher because the demand for domesticand outbound tours is still growing strongly.
“Summer is the peak season ofthe year, so we focus all financial and human resources to diversify services, invest in renovating most products in line with the current marketsituation,” he was quoted by Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper as saying.
Up to 160 package tourismproducts have been built to match market trends, meeting the requirements ofresort tourism, Bao said.
According to Huynh Phan Phuong Hoang,deputy general director of Vietravel, there has been a sharp rise in the numberof tours but the way Vietnamese tourists travel this year has also surprisedthe market.
Many families are willing tospend on high-class tours, demanding more stringent requirements on the qualityof accommodation facilities and food services, she said.
Hoang said that by the end ofMay, tours that let travelers stay at 4-5 star hotels have been booked insome destinations such as Phu Quoc, Da Lat or Sa Pa.
Travel companies in Vietnam have made plans to meet the rising demand for visitors as the summer holiday peaks. (Photo: VNA)
Tran Thi Bao Thu, marketingand communications director of Fiditour, said the demand for tours to the seasand highlands has risen strongly, adding visitors must book tours early to ensuretheir places and reasonable prices.
The price of air tickets todomestic destinations during the summer holiday is on the rise in line with ahike in petrol prices.
The tickets of flights fromHanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Hue and Quy Nhon arereported to be nearly four times that of two years ago.
According to the aviationbusinesses, the summer holiday is forecast to record an unprecedented increasein demand for air travel in the past three years since the outbreak of the COVID-19pandemic
A representative of budgetcarrier Vietjet said ticket booking for summer vacations on domestic flightsincrease sharply, even higher than that for Liberation and Reunification holidays. Theoperating frequency in mid-July is up to 450 flights per day, includingdomestic and international ones, instead of 200-300 flights as before.
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, in the first five months of this year, thenumber of foreigners arriving in Vietnam reached around 365,300, growing by 4.5times compared to the same period last year. The volume of domestic travelers hit48.6 million in the period and the revenue from the tourism sector was estimated at211 trillion VND (9.1billion USD)./.
