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Saigontourist Travel Services Company has more than 300 tours for the Lunar New Year 2015 or Tet, which falls on mid-February with nine days off.
Popular destinations are still Da Lat, Nha Trang and Phan Thiet. Specially, for the first time during Tet, Saigontourist will launch a tour to the northernmost to explore miraculous caves or watch cherry blossoms and bauhinia and a tour to the southernmost of Ca Mau Cape to discover the vast delta. This year, Saigontourist continues tointroduce inbound tours for foreigners during the Tet.
To respond to the domestic tourism stimulus campaign led by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and thank customers for their trust in the company, since November, Hoabinhtourist & Convention Company has introduced “Origins” tours, including 30 festival tours like Cong Dong Bac Le Pagoda - Mau Temple - Dong Kinh, Tam Thanh Pagoda - Tan Thanh Market, Bai Dinh Pagoda - Hoa Lu Citadel, Perfume Pagoda, Thay Pagoda -Tay Phuong Pagoda - Tram Gian Pagoda, Con Son - Kiep Bac, Yen Tu, Ong Hoang Bay Temple - Sapa – Thuong Temple. These short tours are priced from VND400,000 to VND1 million per person.
Lienbang Travel has introduced a lot of springtime tours like Can Tho - Chau Doc - Ha Tien, Phan Thiet - Mui Ne, Nha Trang, Nha Trang – Phu Yen, Mien Trung Paradise and northern journey.
In the springtime, apart from visiting relatives, travelling is always the first choice of every family. This is a chance to enjoy leisure after a year of hard work and discover new landscapes all over thecountry. Goldentour Company and Far East Travel Company have introduced a lot of traditional tours as in previous years.
Jubilant promotions
Tourists will have better options if they book sooner. Saigontourist discounts 7 percent for domestic tours reserved in groups. The company also offers 5 percent discount for inbound tours if foreigners and overseas Vietnamese book from one week to one month before the departure day and a 10 percent promotion for groups.
With 13% promotion, spring festival tours of Hoabinhtourist & Convention are paid much attention like Thay Pagoda - Tay Phuong Pagoda - Tram Gian Pagoda, Con Son - Kiep Bac, Yen Tu, Ong Hoang Bay Temple- Sapa - Thuong Temple.
Doan Thi Thanh Tra, Director of Marketing - Communications, Saigontourist Travel Services Company, said Tet tours have become familiar to overseas Vietnamese as they tend to visit relatives during Lunar New Year.
No price increase
Travel companies said Tet tour prices do not increase this year, with some tours with lower prices than last year, to stimulate demand. Saigontourist, Vietravel, Hoabinhtourist & Convention do not increase prices this year while they increase incentives for customers.
Air tickets to popular destinations like HCM City, Danang and Hanoi are still plentiful for booking. Ms. Thai Thu Duong from Far East Travel Company said previously many companies purchased tickets or booked with 60 percent deposits and they could only cancelled 10 percent of tickets booked.
Many had to suffer huge losses because customers were not enough. Otherwise, they had to accept to buy high-price tickets for sure customers and ticket prices sometimes doubled the original. Therefore, Far East Travel will not book many tickets this year.
To have a great journey, travellers should have plans and contact tour operators soon to have best treatments and options, said Mr Pham Tien Dung, director Goldentour./.
Source: CPV