Travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City are offering promotion programmes for New Year holidays, aiming to convince customers to book tours early.
The river bus route No 1 in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Travelfirms in Ho Chi Minh City are offering promotion programmes for New Year holidays, aiming to convince customers to book tours early.
Viet Media Travel Corporation (Viet MediaTravel), for instance, has a variety of choices and reasonable prices for travellers. Accordingly, those who register for the company's tours will enjoyspecial discounts worth up to 3 million VND (123 USD) depending on each tour aswell as receive gifts and incentives of up to 2 million VND when makingtransactions via Zalo, VNpay and Viettel Pay.
Pham Anh Vu, the company’s communicationsdirector said outbound tours to Japan, theRepublic of Korea and Europe have attracted a large number of tourists, adding that they have registered tours earlier than thesame period last year.
Tours drawing attention fromconsumers such as France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland last ten days and nine nights with prices from 77.99 million VND or tours to China at 189 million VND per person.
Meanwhile, the tourismindustry of HCM City also has a variety of products to serve the entertainment needsof residents and tourists during the New Year holidays.
The municipal TourismDepartment, in coordination with the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank(Techcombank) and Sunrise Events Vietnam, will organise the 6th edition of the Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon in December.Some 15,000 runners, including international athletes, have so far registeredto take part in the event entitled “Run for an Outstanding Vietnam.”
Waterway tours also boast impressive itineraries. The Nhieu Loc Boat Co. Ltd hasjust welcomed more than 200 cruise passengers to experience "A Glimpse atSaigon" on the 4.5km-long Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal, starting from the District 1tourist wharf and ending at the District 3 tourist wharf, HCM City.
Nguyen Thi Vuong, thecompany’s Executive Manager, said that tourism products on the canal arecompetitive with many other tourist destinations for foreign visitors accountingfor more than 50% of the company's customers.
In the coming time,the company will increase experiences and services at the wharf to bring moreinteresting experiences to visitors to the city, she added./.
VNA
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The river bus route No 1 in HCM City (Photo: VNA)