Currently, tours after Tet begin their peak season. Their prices have seen decrease compared to during Tet, but there have been the average increase by 10%-20% against the previous year.

 Tour prices up…

 Nguyen Viet Hung, General Director of Dat Thu Tourism-Communications-Event Joint Stock Co. said that tour prices this year are some 10%-20% higher, due to slippage in prices. Especially, hotels at some tourist sites such as Mui Ne, Vung Tau…saw sudden surge during Tet, leading to increase in tour prices

  Du khách tự đi DL cẩn thận bị "chặt chém"Despite tour prices on rise, travel companies have seen increase in number of tourists. Dat Thu company said that the number of tourists putting their names down for the company’s tours have increased by 42% compared to the same period last year.

Travel companies have worked at full capacity, but they have failed in meeting the demand of tourists about means of transport. Short-term tours are still the favorites of tourists. Thus, famous tourist sites like Vung Tau, Mui Ne, Nha Trang have always got overloaded with tourists.

 To meet tourists’ demand, travel companies have also launched new tours, including those of going cuttle fishing at Nha Trang bay, seeing coral on islands, visiting the Central martial art land…

 Tours organized by individuals

 At present, many families with touring cars have got involved in organizing tours at cheap prices for their acquaintance and neighbors. Such tours also have numerous customers.

 Meanwhile, many individuals have also organized tours by themselves with prices that are lower than those organized by travel companies. But, hotels frequently run out of rooms during the Tet holiday, so these tourists needs to be more careful not to be overcharged…

 Customers should book tours with professional travel firms to have quality services at reasonable prices during the Tet holiday, according Mr.Hung

 Photo: Tourists organizing tours by themselves need to be careful not to be overcharged

Reported by Thu Thao-Translated by K.T