People take a city tour in Hanoi by electrical vehicles. (Photo: VNA) Airfares have stayed high since the start of March as planes of many airlinesare undergoing maintenance. Ticket prices for some routes on April 30and May 1 have doubled.
Director of theTrang An travel company Nguyen Huu Cuong said that prices of some domestictours travelling by air have rocketed 150-200% compared to last year.
As airfares have hiked and fluctuated much, travel agencies are concerned aboutrisks and only few can book tickets early for their customers. Meanwhile,booking flight tickets close to the departure dates pushes tour prices up, hesaid, adding that road tours and short-distance trips will bepreferred for the coming holidays.
Many localitiesare now ready with various tourism products to attract visitors.
For example, thenortheastern province of Quang Ninh will kick off the large-scale HaLong Carnival 2024, a highlight of which is a light show of about 2,000 drones.
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will open the 2024 Rose Festivalin its resort town of Sa Pa.
Meanwhile, travelling to coastal Nha Trang city in the central province ofKhanh Hoa on this occasion, people can enjoy fireworks displays every night atthe Ambassador Club tourist complex on Ana Marina Bay.
In Hanoi, manynew suburban tourism products are offered on thisoccasion such as the tour "South Thang Long HeritageRoad" connecting destinations in the outlying districts of Thanh Oai, Ung Hoa, and My Duc, and community-based tourism in Mien village of Ba Vi district.
Director of the city's Tourism Department Dang Huong Giang saidthat Hanoi plans to stimulate tourism in the suburbs to ease pressure on innercity areas and bring new experiences to tourists during the coming holidays.
Meanwhile, tour operators have also debuted a wide range of summer productssince last month. Specifically, Saigontourist is offering more than 200domestic and foreign tours attracting more than 110,000 travellers.
The VietSensetravel company has launched many road tours with competitive prices such asabout 1.8-2 million VND (70-78 USD) per person for a trip to northeastern ornorthwestern provinces; and 7-8 million VND per person for a trip to Da Nang,Hoi An, Nha Trang, Da Lat, or Phu Quoc.
In addition todomestic road tours, outbound tours with affordable prices are also chosenby many Vietnamese tourists.
Nguyen Ha Hai,Director of the Hongaitour travel company’s Quang Ninh branch, said thatroad tours to Chinese localities such as Dongxing - Nanning, Hekou - Jianshui -Kunming, and Jiuzhaigou - Leshan - Chongqing with prices ranging from 6-10million VND per person are attracting a number of Vietnamese visitors.
According toDeputy General Director of Vietluxtour Travel Company Nguyen Ngoc An, tours tothe Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan (China) are also popular among many tourists thanks to good prices./.
VNA
