This year’s Independence Holiday lasts 3 days just before the incoming new school year. Therefore, many families want to take the advantage of this valuable chance for entertainment and relaxation. According to travel companies, tours at this time are not as “hot” as Tet Holiday or 30/4 and now is not the peak of summer holiday, so the prices seem to be more reasonable and secure.
Preference for short tour
Short domestic and oversea tours are the choice of the majority of tourists on the Independence Day. As a result, tourists book tours for their families and choose tours for about 2-5 days. Also, they have tendency to select domestic places or ASEAN countries as their destination because of short holiday’s time.
However, unlike previous years, Independence tours were often surpassed by aviation, this year’s walking tours are becoming more and more attractive. According to the representative from Vietravel – Hanoi Branch, the most attractive destinations are Sa Pa, Ha Long, Moc Chau, Ha Giang, Cao Bang with 2,3 – day tours costing from 2-5 million VND.
At Fiditour in HCM City, interested tours include Con Dao – 2 days with 5,2 million VND, Phu Quoc – 3 days with less than 5 million VND.
Besides domestic tours, foreign ones within less than 5 days is a preference at Transviet, of which such destinations as Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Dubai….are mostly chosen. The representative from Vietrantour said that tourists spend this valuable holiday admiring Early Red Leaf season or Spring flowers on the South Hemisphere.
Discount
Estimatedly, the prices of domestic tours at this time increase by 5-10%. However, many travel companies accept discount to attract tourists.
Vietrantour offers 5 million, 999 persons for Autumn tours and discount 1,2 million VND for VOUCHER or VIP tourists. Accordingly, tour Hue – Da Nang 4 days with 4,99 million, tour Qui Nhon – Ghenh Rang – Thap Cham 4 days with 5,85 million. Each group of 10 tourists booking international tours can get one more person tour for Sa Pa – Y Ty within 2 days.
At Tansviet, tour Dubai – Abudhabi for 6 days discounts 5 million/ one tourist, having to pay only 22,9 million VND, tour Japan for 6 days discounts 3 million/ one tourist – 32,9 million. Tours to ASEAN countries, China, Hong Kong discount from 500.000 – 1 million/ one tourist.
At some companies, a number of tourists at this time increase by 10 – 15 % in comparison with the same time last year. Over the past few years, tourists have booked tours via travel companied at holiday’s time. Commenting on this trend, a representative from Vietravel, Hanoi states: “The advantage of package holiday is that tours are sure to depart, everything has been planned, and tourists are looked after carefully without wasting time, money and energy searching for accommodation, bus…Services are always guaranteed at both holiday’s time and daily time.”
Article Vy An/Vnexpress
