Tour packages snapped up at int’l travel mart
Promotion has become more crucial than ever for tourism development in a globalised, competitive market, Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai said.
As many as 650 enterprises and tourism management and promotion agencies from across Vietnam and 25 other are participating in the fair that will close on April 9.
Local customers seek information at the booth of Vietnam Airlines to buy low-cost package tours at the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2017. |
She attributed the tour’s popularity to added curiosity about the location where some of the principal footage of the Hollywood blockbluster, Kong: Skull Island, was filmed.
Local resident Nguyen Hoang Long told Vietnam News that he had waited from 7am in the queue to buy a promotion ticket offered by Vietnam Airlines for its Hanoi – Danang route, with round trips costing just VND1 million (US$44), 40% cheaper than normal.
Apart from presentations on several tourism destinations, VITM 2017 also includes traditional arts performances, conferences and workshops on key issues related to tourism development in the country.
VITM 2017 is organised by the Vietnam Tourism Association, in collaboration with the Hanoi People’s Committee and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
VITM Hanoi 2016 attracted over 58,000 visitors who bought over 15,000 domestic and outbound tours and around 30,000 air tickets.