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Dynamic tourism market in early spring

Update: 15-02-2019 | 08:22:22

 

After traditional Lunar New Year holidays, many families often go on spring tours at the beginning of the year. To meet this demand, travel agencies have launched a wide range of domestic and foreign tours with new itineraries, meeting various demands of tourists.

Stable prices, diverse products

Surveys conducted at travel agencies in the province showed that tourism market in early spring 2019 was very dynamic, the number of tourists increased sharply compared to normal day. According to travel companies, tourists increased sharply at the beginning of this year compared to the same period last year, most of them had registered early.

In early spring, many tourists chose domestic tours. Namely, My Tho - Thoi Son - Ben Tre - Can Tho, at 4-star hotel costs 1,790,000 VND / person (2 days); Long An - Tien Giang - Ben Tre - Visiting 10 pagodas (1 day) costs 299,000 VND / person. Tours of seaside, the Central region also attract tourists. On this occasion, tour of Phan Thiet - Park of Forgotten Land Sand Statue (3 days) costs 2,790,000 VND / person, Ninh Chu - Binh Hung lobster island (3 days) costs 2,790,000 VND / person, Phu Quoc - Resost 3 stars (3 days) costs VND 4,390,000 / person; Da Nang - Son Tra - Ba Na - Hoi An (3 days) with a preferential price of 5,990,000 VND / person...

 

Customers book tours in early spring 2019 at Vietravel agency.

Regarding tour prices in the spring 2019, leaders of travel agencies said that compared to the same period in 2018, the price policy this year was better compared to normal day, spring tours’ price increases by 5-10%.

Japanese and Korean tours draw tourists

Besides domestic tours, international tours also attract customers. In addition to tours to neighboring countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia..., many customers in the province chose tours to Japan and Korea. On this occasion, travel operators such as Vietravel, Saigontourist, Vietnam Tours- Event, BinhDuong tourist... offer very good and highly competitive prices. For example, Vietravel launched Hong Kong - Disneyland 5-day tour with a preferential price of 20,990,000VND / person; Siem Reap - Phnom Penh 4 days, 3-star hotel, 4,290,000VND / person; Korea 5 days 13,990,000 VND / person...

At Vietravel, the price of 2019 domestic and international spring tours increases by 40% compared to the same period last year. Pham Phu Thy, Director of Vietravel Binh Duong Branch, said that with many-year experiences in organizing spring tours, the company soon launched a series of tours with excellent itineraries and quality assurance, professional and dedicated tour guide team, especially tour prices do not change much compared to normal day. It is expected that on Lunar New Year 2019, the company would serve more than 20,000 domestic and foreign tourists.

According to Mr. Thy, this year, the visitor’s number to Southeast Asian countries tends to be saturated, while markets such as Japan and South Korea have large potential. In addition, many customers have chosen tours to Northeast Asian countries at the beginning of the year, partly because many travel companies continuously cooperate with airlines to use direct flights, saving customers from 3 - 6 hours. In addition, to increase the quality of customer service, many large tour operators have invested in tourism models using charter flights, so it has attracted many customers to Japan, South Korea tours.

However, according to experts, to get good prices, tourists should search, compare prices and services of 2-3 reputable companies at the same time, and register soon. In particular, tourists should thoroughly enquire about services offered by tours.

Reported by Thoai Phuong – Translated by Ngoc Huynh

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