Tourism races to break through in the summer

Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2022 was officially held from May 14 to 17, at Le Van Tam Park (HCMC) jointly organized by the Department of Tourism and the HCM City Tourism Association. The event is expected to become a “golden opportunity” for businesses (DN) to introduce products to tourists during the longest tourist season of the year – summer.

Bustling with customers booking tours

Notes from the Newspaper Laborerg, the later in the evening, the number of visitors coming to visit, learn about products and tour routes at the stalls at this year’s Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival is increasing. Many people said that they have planned for this summer and come to the festival to book tours when travel companies simultaneously offer discounts, promotions and incentives.

Ms. Tran Thi Bich Ngoc (living in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) and her daughter are looking for domestic tours at the booth of Vietravel Travel Company, said that this summer, she will travel from western provinces to Phu Quoc. . “After the epidemic, the tour prices of the companies did not have much adjustment. I see many tours are still equivalent before the epidemic, if there are promotions, it will be more attractive, so I am learning to book,” – Ms. Ngoc said.

Many travel companies have reported that there have been positive signs at the festival after 2 years of the “hibernation” of the tourism industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, the event was held online amid the complicated situation of the epidemic.

In order to stimulate travel demand during the period of economic recovery and the epidemic is well controlled, travel companies simultaneously launched large demand stimulus programs and promotions. Mr. Tran Doan The Duy, General Director of Vietravel Company, said that the promotion program “Starting the golden summer – Get a thousand incentives” with a series of preferential domestic and foreign tours was introduced to visitors. This is a “golden opportunity” for visitors to own the “coolest” summer tour in the market and attractive gifts attached, as well as an opportunity for tourism to recover soon. “From the beginning of the year until now, Vietnam’s tourism industry has shown signs of prosperity. The Government has allowed the reopening of tourism activities between Vietnam and other countries around the world and the number of visitors has continuously increased. good signal in the context that the economy is recovering after the “hibernation” period – Mr. Duy said.

Saigontourist Group (Saigontourist Group) and its member units also launched a series of special incentive programs, reducing up to 20 million VND in foreign tour services, accommodation services, cuisine and room vouchers. The hotel allows customers to visit and transact at the booth. Many special summer tours with high incentives, hotel room vouchers at super promotion prices and many other attractive incentives in the field of accommodation services, cuisine… are deployed, when the need to travel. calendar in the summer of this year is predicted to increase.

Mr. Tran The Dung, General Director of Fiditour – Vietluxtour, said that this year’s Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival has a very special meaning. The program is not only an event to promote the tourism brand of Ho Chi Minh City after the epidemic, but also the beginning of an important stage of recovery of travel businesses in all 3 markets of domestic tourism, foreign tours and welcoming guests. international to Vietnam.

Tourists visit and learn about tours at the company’s booths at the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival. Photo: THAI PHUONG

Ensure safety for visitors

At the seminar “Vietnam Tourism – Opportunities and Challenges Summer 2022”, an event within the framework of the festival taking place on the same day, leaders of localities and tourism businesses all recognized the opportunity for tourism to boom. , the next summer break is very close.

Mr. Duong Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, assessed the seminar as an opportunity to listen to opinions about difficulties, problems and recommendations of tourism service businesses. Since then, the management agency has identified opportunities and challenges, re-evaluated the current situation of the tourism industry after the Covid-19 epidemic, especially after reopening tourism activities and testing through welcomes. domestic and international during the last holiday. From there, develop practical and effective plans, action programs and solutions to contribute to the recovery of the tourism industry. “It is necessary to focus on solutions to link and cooperate in building new tourism products and services; most importantly, to build a tourism environment that ensures security and safety for tourists in the peak season” – Mr. Duong Duc said.

To prepare for the upcoming summer tourist season, Ms. Nguyen Thu Phuong, Deputy General Director of Vinpearl (Vingroup), said that the company has quickly built and renewed many products and services, and prepared to welcome regular guests. large scale to introduce to visitors a series of high-class and attractive experiences, making the most of the service power of the system. Vinpearl has determined an action strategy focusing on the following goals: building an international destination, developing new high-class and diverse products.

To restore tourism quickly, one of the indispensable solutions and becoming an inevitable trend is regional linkage. Mr. Le Truong Hien Hoa, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, informed that when working with partners in Europe, these partners emphasized that domestic tourism is still a global tourism trend. They highly appreciate regional links to bring many tourism products to serve tourists.

Sharing at the seminar, leaders of many famous tourist cities such as Vung Tau, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Ha Long… all confirmed that they would deploy solutions to ensure the safety of tourists when traveling. schedule this summer. At the same time, in order to receive the best quality tourism service, local leaders recommend that tourists actively book services and tours in advance to avoid being overloaded, slashed and enjoy poor service quality.

Ready before peak season

On the evening of May 14, the opening ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival officially took place with the theme “Living each experience”. According to Mr. Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, the city wishes to build the 2022 Tourism Festival not only as an annual event of the city’s tourism industry but also as an event marking a strong comeback. of Vietnam tourism in the new normal.

The Tourism Festival has received the companionship of nearly 50 provinces and cities and more than 100 stalls with thousands of attractive tourism products of travel businesses, hotels, airlines, and attractions across the country. The event shows the readiness of the tourism industry before the peak domestic tourism season and prepares for the international tourist peak season at the end of the year.

Promoting and stimulating demand through the Hanoi Tourism Festival 2022

The Hanoi Tourism Festival 2022, a “golden” opportunity to introduce the capital’s tourist destination to friends from other countries, is also organized by the Hanoi Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion from the 13th to the 15th. 5. According to Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang, the capital’s tourism industry is facing great opportunities, creating a new attraction for domestic and international tourists.

Director of the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion of Hanoi, Nguyen Anh Duong, said that this festival is an opportunity for tourism businesses to connect and develop markets, expand joint ventures, and attract tourists. domestic and international tourists, promoting tourism recovery and growth.

In order to stimulate tourism demand, promote promotion and attract tourists during the 31st SEA Games, at destinations in Hanoi, many units also simultaneously announced promotional programs for tourists during the show. out the 31st SEA Games. Many other tourism businesses have also simultaneously implemented attractive discounts and promotions. Hanoitourist introduces attractive European tours, exploring Dubai with prices from 25 million VND/person; Discover Turkey from 35 million VND/person. Flamingo Redtours Travel Company “launched” the product package “Hunting the golden week tour – going around the world” from May 13 to 19…

THAI PHUONG – YEN ANH