Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s National Tourism Administration (VNAT) sees the DPRK-USA Summit, with the participation of nearly 3,000 international reporters, as a great opportunity for Vietnamese tourism promotion, VNAT Vice Chairman Hà Văn Siêu said during a press conference on Monday in Hà Nội. “Việt Nam and Hà Nội are proud to host the second summit between Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and President Donald J Trump of the United States of America,” he said. “Hà Nội is receiving extensive coverage on international media as a unique, safe and friendly destination which possesses proven ability of hosting a wide range of significant world-class events over the past years. This creates favourable conditions to attract more international tourists to Việt Nam.” Vũ Thế Bình, vice chairman of the Việt … [Read more...] about Free tours offered to international press to promote Vietnamese tourism
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More outbound Reunification Day tours booked
Vietnamese people are opting for holidays overseas for Reunification Day on April 30 and International Labour Day on May 1 because of unattractive domestic tour prices. illustrative image Nguyen Van Khanh, head of Vietravel's Public Relation Department, said many people had booked tours. Vietravel expects to serve 24,000 customers this holiday, an increase of 20% compared to same period last year. Three to five-day tours are preferred thanks to the long holiday. For domestic tours, most customers have booked trips to Phu Quoc Island and destinations in the northern mountains and north central coast. Outbound tours to Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Japan and South Korea are attracting a huge number of customers. Saigontourist reported a high number of customers to the central coast, especially for tours to see the International Firework Festival in Danang. It expects to have 25,000 customers this holiday. At Viet Media Travel, tours abroad are selling faster than inbound tours. … [Read more...] about More outbound Reunification Day tours booked
Beach tours popular this summer: travel firms
Visitors at Sao beach in Phu Quoc Island (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City are offering a wide range of outbound and domestic tours including to many new destinations with attractive promotions during the upcoming summer holiday. Vietravel is focusing on tours to beaches and islands in the country and abroad, which are expected to be very popular this summer. The firm expects to serve 300,000 customers, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent, Vietravel Deputy General Director Tran Doan The Duy said. Around 30,000 free & easy tours would be sold to meet the rising demand during the summer holidays, he said. Tours to stunning beaches in the central cities of Nha Trang and Da Nang and provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen and island tours to Phu Quoc and Con Dao are expected to be very popular. Despite the rise in oil prices and air fares, tour prices are steady since the firm made plans at the end of last year to ensure good prices for … [Read more...] about Beach tours popular this summer: travel firms
HCM City Tourism Festival offers promotional tours for summer
The Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2018 kicked off on April 12 at the September 23 Park, offering visitors more than 60,000 promotional domestic and international tour packages for the summer. The festival offers visitors over 60,000 promotional domestic and international tour packages for the summer - Photo: baodulich.net.vn At the opening, more than 20 travel agents in the city announced their decision to offer a discount of 15 to 50 percent on tour prices for customers, with the target of a 20 percent increase in their revenue as compared to the 2017 event. Preferential services are also provided by businesses working in the hotel, restaurant, transport, and entertainment industries for visitors at the event. Under the theme ‘Discovering Summer’, the festival also includes seminars on increasing the efficiency of online tourism activities, performances of Don Ca Tai Tu (traditional musical art form of the south), sport dances, a lucky draw, and art … [Read more...] about HCM City Tourism Festival offers promotional tours for summer
Aviation fare hikes in Vietnam leave tour agencies scrambling to adapt
By Vy An  April 5, 2018 | 10:27 am GMT+7 An airplane of Vietjet Air is seen before a flight at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo by Reuters/Kham Agencies were only informed of the new prices 11 days before they took effect. The cost of traveling by air on several Vietnamese carriers rose at the start of this month, leaving tour agencies in a quandary. The cost of children's tickets on national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has gone up 20 percent, and budget operator Vietjet Air has announced it has raised fees for changing names, dates and seats on flight tickets. The changes have left tour agencies scrambling to make ends meet, considering how flight tickets account for 50 to 60 percent of tour prices. Le Cong Nang, head of communications for Vietrantour, said his firm is still trying to adjust prices after only receiving word of the new fares on March 20, just 11 days before the actual changes took effect. “For tours that were … [Read more...] about Aviation fare hikes in Vietnam leave tour agencies scrambling to adapt