Mr. Bui Ta Hoang Vu - Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said: The domestic tourism stimulus program will start from June until the end of the year with nearly 260 tour programs and 280,000 promotional tickets with discounts from 10-70%, through the participation of more than 100 businesses.
The highlight of the program is a group of products that renew typical destinations of Ho Chi Minh City with preferential prices and many attractive services such as: 5-star heritage hotel experience, high-tech agricultural zone, cooking class...
In particular, 12 tourist attractions and entertainment venues in the city will reduce entrance fees by 20-50%, such as: Skydeck Bitexco will reduce ticket prices by 50%, Vam Sat tourist area will offer free tickets for individual guests...
At the same time, most hotel segments, including 80% of 5-star hotels in the city, have committed to participating in this stimulus program, providing a total of more than 200,000 room nights at preferential prices of 22% - 68%.
Meanwhile, transport units also participated in promotions from 30% to 55% of ticket prices. Vietjet Air representative said that it will provide 2.5 million tickets from 8,000 VND on the entire flight network in 3 days from June 9-11. Mr. Le Hong Ha - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Airlines - also said that as of May, the airline has confirmed over 24,000 seats for stimulus programs.
Commenting on these stimulus activities, Mr. Vu The Binh, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Tourism Association: "While people are still wondering about leaving their homes, the large groups of tourists flocking to tourist attractions in many localities will create a strong media effect, helping the tourism industry recover."
However, Mr. Le Quang Tung, Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism, noted that Ho Chi Minh City needs to strictly control this program, ensuring price incentives but not allowing unfair competition to occur, putting pressure on small businesses. At the same time, the city needs to accompany and promptly deploy support packages for tourism businesses to overcome difficult times.
