HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Travel demand for the upcoming Tet (Lunar NewYear) holiday in late January next year is expected to be very strong,according to travel agencies.
Tran Quoc Bao, deputy director of Saigontourist Travel Service Company, saidthe company has been developing products and services for Tet holiday sinceSeptember.
Advance holiday season bookings for domestic and overseas tours receivediscount prices, he said.
Saigontourist will offer more than 300 tour packages, and it expects to servemore than 20,000 travellers through the holiday.
BenThanh Tourist said that tour prices would rise by 10-15% compared to normaldays due to higher airfare prices and soaring fuel prices.
Early bookings for the Tet holiday have reached 60 per cent of its target, thecompany said.
Nguyen Minh Man, director of communications and marketing department atTSTtourist, said outbound trips to Thailand, Singapore, the Republic of Korea,Japan, the US and Europe have seen a strong rebound in recent months.
Travel agencies are hopeful of strong growth during the year-end holiday seasonand a full recovery next year, he said.
Nguyen Nguyet Van Khanh, marketing director at Vietravel, said outbound tourshad the highest revenue growth in recent months.
Short-haul tours to Northeast Asia will attract a large number of Vietnamesetravellers during the holiday, she said.
Le Truong Hien Hoa, deputy director of the city’s Department of Tourism, saidthe department has focused on communication and marketing activities at homeand abroad to lure tourists during the year-end and Tet holiday season.
The city will exploit historic and cultural heritage attractions citywide tomake them unique tourism products, Hoa said./.
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