LAUNCH PROMOTION TO STIMULATE DEMAND FOR SUMMER TOURISM
In the context of high airfare prices, travel agencies continue to launch hundreds of quality tours from domestic to international, with many attractive gifts.
It is expected that from June 1, students will be on summer vacation. In the context of weak consumer demand in many areas, tourism businesses are trying to attract customers, preparing for a vibrant summer tourist season with a series of incentive programs for both domestic and international tours.
Many famous tourist destinations such as Nha Trang reduce service prices to stimulate summer tourism.
In particular, package tours or combo air tickets and hotel rooms for Nha Trang, Da Nang, Phu Quoc beach tourism are only from 3.5 million VND; customers can save up to 9 million VND with tours to Australia, America, Europe. Overseas tours for families such as Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, or China - Lijiang by train saves up to 3 million VND...
International destinations such as Korea also have many travel businesses offering discounted tours.
Many travel companies offer discounts of up to 30% on domestic and international tours. Tourists can receive vouchers for resorts, air tickets, sightseeing tickets, etc. when booking a tour. Some services such as food, spa, massage, etc. can be free or discounted for tourists.
Information from travel companies shows that businesses not only commit to practical incentives, encouraging customers to buy and book tours early, but also share with tourists when airfares increase through promotions to book airfares at direct prices from airlines.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE'S NEEDS TO SCAM
The peak tourist season is approaching, and this is also the time when scammers are more active. They take advantage of tourists' love of cheap deals to offer attractive offers of cheap travel through social networks, then steal tourists' property.
Taking advantage of people's trust, many discount opportunities have become a disguise for the desire to "stimulate tourism".
Fraudsters often create fake websites and fan pages of reputable travel companies to gain the trust of tourists. Then, they will post information about cheap tours to attract tourists to book tours. These subjects often use social networking sites such as Facebook, Zalo... to advertise cheap tours. They will post beautiful, attractive images of tourist destinations along with extremely attractive invitations to attract tourists.
According to a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association, the growth of independent tourists is inevitable, but when this form of tourism is still quite new to Vietnamese tourists, individual services for this supply chain are limited, quality is not transparent... the risks for independent tourists are very high.
Fraudsters often create fake websites and fanpages of reputable travel companies to gain tourists' trust.
If they are reputable units, the price difference will be equivalent to the quality of service. However, hitting the "cheap" psychology of a part of tourists or due to lack of knowledge about tourism, before and during the "peak" time on social networks, many discount programs, causing customers to get lost in a "matrix", from which they are easily taken advantage of by bad guys to scam and profit.
Faced with the above situation, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has also advised people to carefully research the tour schedule, especially the promotional tours with "shocking" discounts. Before registering for a tour, consumers need to ask the company to provide detailed information such as time, means of transportation, specific sightseeing locations, hotels, meal standards, travel insurance, etc. In particular, they should choose the services of reputable companies and agents to avoid being scammed and to be able to exchange information and reflect on service quality when necessary.
To avoid being scammed, the Ministry of Public Security recommends that people should carefully research information when choosing travel packages, and can ask the partner to show the business license, documents, and practice certificates of the travel and tourism company. For social networking sites (fanpages) that sell and promote travel packages, especially cheap travel packages and cheap air tickets, people should choose social networking sites with a blue tick or choose reputable social networking sites where they know the seller's information. Confirm information about booking rooms and air tickets to promptly detect signs of fraud and report to the nearest police station for guidance on how to handle the situation.
There is no such thing as a "dirt cheap" tour, so to enjoy a safe and relaxing travel season, visitors need to be careful with information and consider carefully when booking a tour.
