Stable prices, priority given to customers traveling on tours
Through a quick survey by reporters, this year, transportation services, restaurants, hotels… are quite stable in terms of prices and ticket quantity with the cooperation of travel agencies, transportation and accommodation services. Many travel agencies offer good prices for tours on the occasion of September 2nd at the last minute.
Domestic tours have a variety of prices, depending on the time and number of places to experience. Day tours cost from 130,000 VND/person to 2 million VND/person. Tours of 2 days or more cost the lowest, about 1.99 million VND/person.
Meanwhile, the price of foreign tours ranges from 4.39 million VND/person to more than 20 million VND/person for 3-day 2-night or 5-day 4-night tours, mainly to nearby destinations in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. In addition to the variety of destinations, foreign tours departing from Ho Chi Minh City have "softer" prices than other localities.
Routes to the Northwest are among the favorite choices of many tourists during this year's holidays.
Coming to a travel agency in Hanoi to learn about a tour package to 3 destinations in Ha Giang with a price of more than 4 million VND/person for the September 2 holiday, Ms. Ha Minh (Dong Da, Hanoi) said: "I think this year's tour price is reasonable, not higher than previous years. A family of 4 going on a tour may be a bit more expensive than traveling on their own, but it's quick and convenient. If compared to the tour price advertised online, it's quite expensive, but I still decided to choose a reputable large travel agency because there are too many cheap travel scams these days."
Travel agencies said that customers buying tours are still mainly family groups, in which customers tend to choose 3-5 day resort tours, with an average of 4-10 participants per group.
Mr. Pham Van Bay, Deputy Director of Vietravel Tourism Company - Hanoi Branch informed that in recent days, the number of customers coming to register for tours has been quite busy. "According to the business sector, there have been more than 45,000 customers coming to Vietravel to register for tours and travel service packages for the upcoming September 2 holiday. As of mid-August, it has reached over 80% of the tour plan for the holiday."
Noting positive signals from the market, Saigontourist Travel Company said that it has sold nearly 90% of its planned September 2nd holiday tours with departure dates from August 29 to September 3. Domestic air tours and overseas tours to Northeast Asia are still accepting guests until the end of last week. Meanwhile, domestic land tours and Southeast Asia tours will accept guests until close to the departure date.
This year's tour prices are considered quite reasonable.
Mr. Tran Quoc Bao, Deputy General Director of Saigontourist said: "According to preliminary statistics at the entire system of 24 offices and 18 branches of Saigontourist nationwide, domestic tourists during this time increased by nearly 24%, foreign tourists increased by more than 10% compared to the same period last year."
In particular, to meet the sudden increase in demand near the date, Saigontourist has prepared a number of spare seats for customers who come to buy tours at the last minute on domestic routes by road.
Vietluxtour Travel Company expects that during this holiday, the number of domestic and foreign tourists will increase by 20-25% compared to last year.
“The company has prepared a business plan for this holiday since the second quarter of 2023, and has now achieved about 85% of the expected plan,” shared Ms. Tran Thi Bao Thu, Marketing and Communications Director of Vietluxtour.
Outstanding domestic tours, short-term foreign tours attract customers
Statistics from travel agencies show that, although the holiday is 4 days long and close to the school opening schedule, short domestic tours are still the main product attracting family customers more than other routes.
Short-term tours to experience the ripe rice season and the culture of ethnic minorities in the highlands at destinations in the Northeast such as Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Moc Chau, etc. are popular with visitors, especially those in the South. Tours to relax on islands, heritage sites in the Central region (Hue - Hoi An), explore Phong Nha - Thien Duong cave (Quang Binh), travel to the highlands (Da Lat, Mang Den), and the rivers of the West are still the preferred choice of family visitors.
During the 4-day holiday, many companies choose MICE tourism during this holiday.
In addition, during the September 2nd holiday this year, many companies choose MICE tourism in Phu Quoc, Da Nang, Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Ha Long, and Hanoi. These routes have a tour duration of 3-4 days/tour. These programs always include seminars, awards, team training, etc. with 3-5 star accommodation services.
Explaining why many companies choose this time for MICE tourism, a representative of Vietluxtour said, "service prices in the fall and winter are expected to be "cooler" than in the summer, so companies take advantage of the holidays to combine conference and resort tourism for their staff."
Along with family tours, travel agencies also continue to focus on day city tours.
Tour packages around Hanoi are exploited by many companies with many diverse products. Some of them are Hanoitourist with the product "Heritage journey of Thang Long - Hanoi past and present", "Saigontourist exploits "City tour of Hanoi", tours combining the discovery of the unique features of Hanoi's heritage, culture and traditional cuisine all receive positive signals from customers.
As a travel agency with strengths in tours around Ho Chi Minh City, on this September 2nd holiday, Vietluxtour continues its series of more than 10 city tours and inter-regional routes within and outside Ho Chi Minh City such as: Saigon Special Forces Tour; Heroic Sac Forest - Future City Tour; Dinh Mountain - City Base; Saigon Memories - Cho Lon ....
“These tours maintain a steady flow of customers, increasing by about 25-30% during the summer months. The main customers are domestic customers in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces. About 25-30% of inbound customers come from the US, Australia, Europe, Northeast Asia markets...”, Ms. Bao Thu added.
With many destinations around the world fully reopening, short-term foreign tours to nearby destinations such as Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, etc. still show special appeal to many tourists.
Saigontourist statistics show that tours to Japan, Thailand, Korea, Singapore - Malaysia are still the most booked by customers. In addition, routes such as Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Guangzhou, Australia to experience summer skiing are interested in booking tours by many tourists.
Meanwhile, Vietravel said that travel itineraries to Bali (Indonesia), Phuket (Thailand), India, and China with simple procedures, many direct and convenient flights have been chosen by more customers than the same period last year.
