VietNamNet Bridge – The number of travellers going on domestic tours has increased sharply by 30% this summer compared to last year, travel firms in HCM City have reported.
According to Saigontourist, the best-selling tours in 2007 summer are inter-route tours with two or three destinations. The 10 best-selling tours are: Phan Thiet – Nha Trang – Da Lat; Nha Trang – Da Lat; Saigon – Hue – Hanoi; premium travel Nha Trang – Vinpearl; Phan Thiet weekend; Hanoi – Ha Long – Tam Coc; southern waterways’ beauty; Da Lat – the city of love; Da Nang – Hue – Hoi An – Phong Nha; and Phu Quoc Island.
Meanwhile, the 10 ‘hottest’ tours, according to Fiditour, include the following: Nha Trang – Nha Phu bay; Nha Trang – Vinpearl; Con Dao (Con Dao Island); Phan Thiet – Ta Cu – Mui Ne; and Phu Quoc Island.
Tran Tuong Huy, Marketing Director of Fiditour, said that as the number of tourists had increased sharply this year, there were not enough hotel rooms for travellers in Phan Thiet, Nha Trang and Da Nang.
“If the hotels in the destination cities and provinces had provided more rooms, travel firms would have brought more travellers,” he said.
The Saigon – Hue – Hanoi tour, which allows one to go across the country in 8 days and 7 nights (return by air), has attracted many domestic travellers and Viet Kieu. Meanwhile, the tours on the route with many famous heritages, Da Nang – Hue – Hoi An – Phong Nha, have proved to attract many middle-aged travellers. Clients who want relax or rehabilitate are choosing tours to Nha Trang, Phan Thiet and Da Lat.
Moreover, travel firms have provided tours for relaxing at weekend (departures on Friday, Saturday and Sunday) with three destinations: Phan Thiet, My Tho and Ha Long Bay. The tour to Phan Thiet called “the colours of sand” is ranked among the 10 best-selling tours.
Among the tours to the north called “Thousand-year-old Thang Long”, the one with the itinerary Hanoi – Ha Long – Tam Coc has proved to be the most attractive. As for premium travel, travellers like trips to Nha Trang most.
Phan Thiet and Nha Trang have proven to be the two destinations that have attracted the most MICE tourists. According to Saigontourist, in June and July alone, 12 MICE groups came to Phan Thiet (4,200 travellers) and 7 groups to Nha Trang (1,100 travellers).
Nguyen Sa