Visitors at the HCM City Travel Fair.— Photo Thu Hang More than 40 travel firms in HCM City sold 9,000 tour packages worth a total of VND83 billion (US$US$3.64 million) during a four-day travel fair in HCM City that wrapped up on Sunday. The HCM City Travel Fair attracted 320,000 visitors. Travel firms and airlines as well as hotels and resorts in 37 cities and provinces offered discounts of 15-50 per cent, as well as 10,000 gifts to buyers. Revenue surged by 38 per cent compared to last year’s figure, according to the city’s Department of Tourism. Nguyen Thi Nha Quyen, 36, from Binh Thanh District, bought a five-day tour package to Taiwan worth VND 8.3 million ($365) a person. “The tour was discounted at VND600,000 a person so I bought it for seven people in my family. We will travel together next month,” she said. At the fair, the city’s Department of Tourism and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group launched a tourism app featuring … [Read more...] about HCM City launches tourist app
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More than 70,000 discounted tours offered at HCM City tourism festival
Visitors buy promotional tickets at Vietnam Airlines' booth. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – More than 70,000 domestic and foreign tour vouchers are available at discounts of up to 50 percent at the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair which opened at 23/9 Park on April 12. The annual event held by the municipal Department of Tourism features 150 booths of travel agencies, hotels, retailers, restaurants, transporters and airlines. This year, the fair is themed “Discovering 2018 Summer”. An array of promotional programmes are available at the festival, including “Hunting zero VND tour” with 1,000 free tickets for domestic and foreign tours, a gold hour of low prices and “buy one tour, get one tour”. The Vietnam Airlines Corporation will set aside 2,400 promotional codes with a 30 percent discount for individuals on domestic and international flights and up to 49 percent for groups on international flights. Travel aficionados will have chance to … [Read more...] about More than 70,000 discounted tours offered at HCM City tourism festival
HCM City hotel market bounces back in Q1
A tour guide shows local products to foreign tourists at Ben Thanh Market in HCM City. (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Average hotel occupancy rate in Ho Chi Minh City reached 74 percent in the first quarter, increasing by 6 percentage points from the same period last year. According to a report by real estate company Savills Vietnam, average room rate rose by 4 percent to 83 USD per night, as all local three- to five-star hotels introduced higher rates for the first time in three years. The supply of hotel accommodations grew 2 percent on year, offering more than 16,500 rooms from 133 projects. Savills Vietnam said by 2020, 14 new projects will add to the market about 3,500 rooms. In the first three months of 2018, the southern economic hub welcomed 1.98 million foreign arrivals, an annual increase of 15.6 percent. Tourism services revenue earned during the period exceeded 31.7 trillion VND (1.39 billion USD), up 14.4 percent on year. The first quarter also saw 394 travel … [Read more...] about HCM City hotel market bounces back in Q1
HCM City set to host tourism fair
Visitors at the HCM City Tourism Fair last year.- VNA/VNS Photo Phuong Vy More than 30 travel firms in HCM City will sell nearly 60,000 domestic and outbound tours at 15-50 per cent discount at the HCM City Tourism Fair to be held from April 12 to 15. The annual fair, which has the theme “Exploring Summer” this year, seeks to stimulate travel demand during the upcoming summer season, La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the city Department of Tourism, said. It is a forum for localities and travel firms to interact with potential customers and offers locals a chance to buy quality tours at reasonable prices, he said. Tour operators, hotels, restaurants, airlines, and transport providers will showcase their products and services at 150 booths and offer discount vouchers, gifts, lucky draws, buy-one-get-one tours and others. Vietnam Airlines will offer 2,400 tickets on international and domestic flights at 30 per cent discount. The event, to be held at September 23 Park in the … [Read more...] about HCM City set to host tourism fair
HCM City promotes tourism links with other localities
Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to enhance connectivity with other localities nationwide to become more attractive to tourists. Director of the municipal Tourism Department Bui Ta Hoang Vu said HCM City is a hotspot for many outstanding tourism products nationwide like MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions), shopping-entertainment tourism and cultural-culinary tourism. It is a must-visit destination for tourists to Vietnam. The city welcomed more than 1.3 million tourist arrivals in the first three months of 2018, he noted. However, to develop tourism sustainably, cooperation is needed, he said, adding that inter-regional tourism connectivity does not reduce the strength and market share of each locality but increases their competitiveness and expands their market more easily, thus creating unique tourism products, lengthening tourists’ stay and boosting revenue. HCM City is enhancing bilateral and multilateral connections with localities in Dong Thap Muoi … [Read more...] about HCM City promotes tourism links with other localities