Although it is more than a month until April 30 and May 1, but registered tours are bustling, companies take tours from morning tonight. Meanwhile, tourist spots have begun to bounce back.
Tourists visiting Ba Na Hills (Da Nang) February 2021 – Photo: DIEP SA
The tourism market has started to have visitors again in recent days, when the number of visitors interested in the April 30 and 1-5 tours as well as the summer tour is quite large in retail groups, family guests and MICE guests. Many localities also started to plan to welcome guests this holiday.
“The purchasing power for the market is not unknown, the demand is very high, but customers are still delaying the” down money “stage, waiting until near the departure date will” down the money “and go immediately if nothing changes. This reservation is very normal after the market goes through 3 outbreaks.
Ms. Doan Thi Thanh Tra (Saigontourist Travel Marketing Media Manager)
According to tourism businesses (DN), the holidays of April 30 and May 1 this year are longer than any other year, along with the fact that the Government is controlling well the COVID-19 outbreak has created a great opportunity for domestic tourism industry.
However, many travel agencies are still waiting for customers to “close” to buy the tour until the last minute when many tourists, even though they have chosen the tour, are still cautious “down money” because of concerns about recurring epidemic.
Demand to buy tours skyrocketed
Many tourism businesses said that they are focusing on quotes, sending tour programs, signing contracts with partners while they themselves wait for support from localities, complete products for customers. row. However, according to businesses, the atmosphere in the past few days is very prosperous for the tourism industry, because with this situation, the peak of April 30 and 1-5 will also be very positive.
Mr. Tran Thanh Vu – General Director of Vina Group Travel Company – said that the domestic tourist market is emitting many positive signals. Employees of this business are “busy late at night” to handle customer requests such as quotation, providing tour information, some units that used to book tours but have not been able to go on Tet holiday now want to depart early. .
“A number of guests of the delegation signed contracts to buy tours to Phu Quoc, Da Lat, Madagui, Long Hai … while the request for quotation was also in progress. Every time the translation goes through, the market always bounces up very strongly. . Enterprises just hope there are no abnormal changes to feel secure in the market “- Mr. Vu said.
Business season April 30 and 1-5 years ago started only a week after the gap was lifted, but the market has “exploded” to the point of traffic jams on the way, hotels. Overburdened … Therefore, the travel and tourism businesses expect that this year the situation will also be positive.
According to Ms. Phan Huynh Phuong Hoang – Deputy General Director of Vietravel, only in the first week of March the company recorded more than 10,000 registered visitors, the number of tourists per day booking tour increased 2 times compared to the previous week. “The series of island tours like Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Phan Thiet … are still the hottest for Vietnamese” – Ms. Hoang commented.
Ms. Cao Thi Tuyet Lan – Viettours business director – excitedly said that this enterprise has just been confirmed by the customer that it will book a package tour for a group of 300 people going to Da Lat. “We are also scheduled to offer to groups of 400-500 people in the summer to destinations Phu Quoc, Nha Trang …” – Ms. Lan said.
“There are only some routes with higher prices due to high air tickets such as Phu Quoc, Con Dao … but high prices also fall in beautiful time frames, especially on weekends, cheap tickets are out. If the customer can arrange the time, the work to go to another time or to go during the week is reasonable cost.
Mr. Tran Thanh Vu (General Director of Vina Group Travel Company)
Foreign tourists wash their hands before visiting at the relic of Cua Lo House (Hanoi) – Photo: NG.KHANH
Flexible payment to keep guests
Although many domestic destinations have been reopened, customers are always interested in safe destinations, so the northern routes are still quite reserved, while the hottest routes are still back to the seas such as Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Con Dao … Previously, the number of tourists who bought the package tour accounted for nearly 80-90%, the self-booked tour book was only about 10-20%, but the number of self-sufficient tour registration increased by 40-50%.
Therefore, businesses also focus on building air ticket, car and hotel service packages to meet the needs of this group of customers.
According to Ms. Doan Thi Thanh Tra – Saigontourist Travel Marketing and Communication Director, it is difficult to compare the prices of tours compared to previous years, but surely visitors will not have to worry about the price of this year’s holiday tour, even will enjoy more incentives. Because the prices have received support from localities, tourism businesses, accommodation establishments promotion is attractive, encouraging visitors to excitedly leave.
Tour visitors at Vietravel – Photo: VT
Enterprises also said that they are opening all domestic tours, designing different price frames to suit the needs of customers. However, the tourism businesses that have “survived” through 3 outbreaks with many losses due to the cancellation or postponement of the tour at the last minute still have “defensive problems” to minimize damage, have plans Flexible handling if an outbreak recurs, in which the safety of visitors is the first priority.
“Even the term of deposit, businesses are also flexible to the maximum level. If the service recurs, guests are entitled to reserve the money and choose to continue to travel in the appropriate time” – Ms. Cao Thi Tuyet Lan said.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh – President of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association, this association will also introduce the safe tourism organization process for travel companies and supply chains in the chain. “This is a set of criteria applied from the policy of epidemic prevention according to the 5K criteria of the Ministry of Health to suit the actual situation of the tourism industry concretizing each stage” – Ms. Khanh said.
Tour buyers to Nha Trang increased sharply
With the strength of islands, Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa is the destination chosen by many tourists for holidays and summer – Photo: MINH CHIEN
Many tourism businesses in Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) said that the number of tourists who ordered tours to Nha Trang, especially during the holidays of April 30 and May 1, began to increase strongly. According to Mr. Doan Hai Quan – Director of Vietravel Travel Company, Nha Trang branch, in early March, the number of tourists registered to buy tours at this business increased 5 times compared to the previous week, of which Nha Trang is the most chosen destination. most, with the number of package tour buyers accounting for 50%.
“Not only buying the tour right away, visitors begin to learn information about the upcoming April 30 and summer tours. We hope the tour will flourish and come back strongly in the near future” – Mr. Quan said. According to many travel companies, the general psychology of many tourists is “craving” to travel after a period of being “kept” for too long due to the effects of the epidemic. And this is also a good opportunity for the tourism industry to recover if the disease situation is well controlled.
Mr. Tran Minh Duc – deputy director of Long Phu Tourist Joint Stock Company – also said that the number of tourists booking tours to the two tourist resorts of Monkey Island and Hoa Lan Island has started to increase, especially tours on the occasion of April 30 and 1-5. Due to the long holiday, with an estimate the company will welcome about 3,500 guests during the holiday season.
The representative of The Anam resort also said that the number of guests booked at this resort has increased again, the weekend room capacity of March is about 40% and is estimated to reach more than 75% on the upcoming holidays.
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Hoi An launched many shows to pull visitors
Hoi An is trying hard, managing enough ways to bring tourists back after a year of bad luck – Photo: BD
Over the past weeks, tourists have begun to return to the ancient town of Hoi An. According to the People’s Committee of Hoi An City, in the first three months of 2021, more than 145,000 visitors came to the old town, of which 8,420 were visitors to buy tickets.
To bring visitors back on the occasion of April 30 and May 1, Hoi An City People’s Committee has built many interesting activities and events such as the program in response to International Happy Day 20-3, “Hoi An Ancient Town Night “on March 26, the program in response to” Earth Hour “on the night of March 27, the scene art show” Hoi An show “reappeared the old Hoi An commercial port with legendary stories about the pagoda’s legend. Bridge will be released on March 28.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to enjoy a music night in remembrance of musician Trinh Cong Son with the theme “Have a day like that, you go” by singers Anh Tuyet, KyoYork, Tan Dao, Phi Thuy Hanh, Quynh Lan … 1-4 evening performances.
Hoi An government and the tourism business community are renewing themselves through unique and new tourism products such as the fashion show “Street shape”, the scene show “Hoai Giang Moon Night” … promises to bring new experiences, showing the hardship in difficulties.
According to the Tourism Association of Quang Nam Province, the hotel and restaurant system in Hoi An is applying unprecedented discounts, many high-end accommodation prices are only 1/3, even 1/5 compared to pre-translation. Tourists get a 50% discount on tickets when visiting Hoi An ancient town, Thanh Ha pottery village, Tra Que vegetable village …
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Kien Giang is waiting for a “vaccine passport” to recover
Tourists go on tour Hon Son – Nam Du – Phu Quoc of Viettourist in March – Photo: DUC HIEP
Although it is more than 1 month until the peak of tourists on April 30 and May 1, but travel agencies, resorts and hotels on the islands of Kien Giang province have launched promotions.
In addition to high-end resorts, 2-3-star hotels back in Phu Quoc have also started receiving holiday reservations. Mr. Tran Van Viet – owner of a 3-star hotel, with a medium-sized swimming pool in Duong Dong town – said he checked in about 70% for the holidays April 30 and 1-5. Most of the guests booking a room come with groups of friends, family, and very few guests go on tours.
In other destinations such as Hai Tac Island (Tien Hai commune, Ha Tien city), Nam Du island, Lai Son (Kien Hai district), Hon Nghe island, Ba Lua archipelago (Kien Luong district) although there is little information about booking room online, but some veteran guides who lead guests in groups also quickly booked a room at the request of “real guests”.
Mr. Tuan Hai – a tour guide specializing in taking tourists to the islands of Kien Hai – said that this year 4-5 guests have booked tours with him. The reason for the early booking is that the COVID-19 vaccine information has arrived in Vietnam and some priority groups have been vaccinated, hoping that the vaccination will be faster to keep the guests safe on the 30th holiday – 4.
Currently, the package tour price for 4 days 3 nights to the islands of Kien Giang ranges from 2.5 to 15 million VND / person depending on the class of the hotel.
Mr. Bui Quoc Thai – deputy director of the Kien Giang Department of Tourism – said that the news that the Government was about to deploy a “vaccine passport” so that the tourism industry would welcome back international visitors to be really happy. “We are always in a state of being ready to help businesses recover even if the epidemic breaks out many times. The tourism industry must learn to adapt to its maximum to survive with the motto of making safe tourism” – Mr. Thai said. .
The representative of the 4-star resort Saigon – Phu Quoc also said that due to the special characteristics of serving foreign guests, like other high-end resorts, Saigon – Phu Quoc resort hopes to apply “vaccine passport” to tourists. international visitors soon made. Follow Tuoi Tre Online