Travel

At the awards ceremony (Photo: TST) The annual TTG Travel Awards have been held by TTG Asia since 1989. For this year’s event, the awards aim to honour 88 leading enterprises operating in the field of tourism, entertainment, aviation, accommodation, and tourism promotion agencies throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The Best Travel Agency Awards are based on three criteria: professionalism and excellence among staff, best value-added services for clients, and the best use of computer technology as a means of improving efficiency and effectiveness in services provided to customers. On the same day, national firm TST tourist also received the 20th version of The Guide Awards, during an event held at the Flamingo Dai Lai Resort. This marks the fourth time that TST tourist has been presented with the prestigious prize. The Guide Awards is a prestigious prize organised by the Vietnam Economic Times and The Guide magazine. Since launching in 1999, the Guide Awards aims to honour and … [Read more...] about TST tourist receives prize at TTG Travel

Dam Nai wind can be found in the hamlet of Lang Me in Bac Son commune of Thuan Bac district. The stopover is located approximately 10km away from Ninh Chu beach. In total, the renowned wind farm is home to 16 turbines and covers an area of 9.6 hectares. The turbines are surrounded by a vast array of paddy fields and majestic mountains Located close to the centre of Ninh Thuan, Dam Nai wind farm is quickly emerging as a popular tourist attraction, especially among young travelers who come to snap epic photos with the wind farm in the background. Many guests consider the best time to visit the area to be either early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Visitors traveling from National Highway 1A can head towards Suoi Tien sheep field, go straight for roughly 20km before seeing see a path that leads towards the wind farm A stunning panoramic view of Dam Nai wind farm from a height as the sun sets in the background. Dam Nai wind can be found in the hamlet of Lang Me in Bac Son … [Read more...] about Dam Nai wind farm in Phan Rang proves a hit among young travelers

More people are choosing to travel solo. Speaking at a recent conference in the city, Hoa said the solo travel community had expanded greatly in the past few years. In January last year, “solo travel” and “travel alone” were the most popular keywords searched on Google. According to Klook, a travel activities and services booking platform, the number of solo travelers on its platform increased from 31 percent to 38 percent last year. In a survey published by Agoda and YouGov last year, HCM City was on the list of top 10 favourite destinations of the solo travel community. “The rapid growth of this trend brings both opportunities and challenges for the city’s State management and travel businesses,” Hoa said. Solo travellers make their own decisions on services and activities during their trips and focus on personal experiences. Travel agencies should learn more about solo travellers’ specific … [Read more...] about Solo travel trend offers opportunity for HCM City tourism

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Thousands of special deals will be on offer at the Vietnam Travel Fest 2019 which will take place in Hà Nội from March 15 to 17. About 150 enterprises including hotels, resorts, airlines and tourism companies will participate in the event. Visitors can find accommodation packages in luxury resorts and five-star hotels with reasonable prices, cheap flights and tours to several destinations in Việt Nam and abroad.       Vietnam Airlines will offer prices from VNĐ299,000 (US$13) for domestic one-way ticket and from $9 for return tickets from Hà Nội to destinations abroad, while budget airline Jetstar will offer 10,000 tickets priced from VNĐ49,000 ($2). Hoàng Việt Travel will introduce a tour to Thailand from only VNĐ4 million ($172) and Vietfoot Travel will discount VNĐ5 million ($215) for any guest booking a tour to Europe. Travel blogger Ngô … [Read more...] about Shower of special offers for travellers at Travel Fest

Photo: Viet Tuan The number of Vietnamese travelers aged 25-34 has started to increase compared to the previous generation, a recent survey by global digital travel platform Agoda found. The “Well Traveled Survey” reveals travel trend comparisons by gender and age for countries in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the UK, and the US. It shows that about 30 per cent of Vietnamese have never traveled overseas, compared to a global rate of 18 per cent. Twenty-nine per cent of people in the UK, the US, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia have never been overseas. Globally, 27 per cent of 18 to 24-years-old have never traveled, with those from China, Vietnam and Indonesia standing at 49 per cent, 45 per cent and 37 per cent, respectively. However, in the 25-34 age group, where the global average is 19 per cent, Vietnam is pushed out of the bottom three by the US. Among 45-54 years old, 86 per cent have traveled abroad, while 81 per cent of the 25-34 age group have traveled to other … [Read more...] about Agoda: Young Vietnamese starting to travel