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Ho Chi Minh City’s travel firms have announced a number of domestic tours for Tet (Lunar New Year) with huge discounts and promotions.

With the third outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic under control, the demand for domestic tours during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday is expected to rise in the next few weeks, according to travel agencies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed travel habits and trends of Vietnamese people, with domestic destinations becoming their top choices when they want to go for a tour.

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the habit and thought of tourists around the world. Recent surveys by independent organisations revealed that their behaviours and choices have changed in an unpredictable manner after the pandemic broke out.

After three months free of COVID-19, the return of the pandemic has forced many localities to close their tourist sites again, and travel businesses have to join hands in dealing with the crisis.

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam totalled just 880,000 in June, the lowest figure in many years, as the country maintained a ban on the entry of foreigners that was introduced in March to curb the spread of COVID-19, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam has entered a post-social distancing period. The tourism sector has also swiftly come back to life with the launch of unprecedented demand stimulating packages.

Many popular tourist attractions across Vietnam have seen a gradual increase in domestic tourists on being re-opened after nearly two months hibernating due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Vietnam has been removed from the global list of potential destinations spreading COVID-19, domestic tourism is expected to witness growth after implementation of several stimulus programmes and sales promotions.

Many Vietnamese travel agencies are sitting on a knife’s edge as the number of cancelled flights and tour bookings are on the rise due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

The Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is only a few weeks away, making people with wanderlust flock to travel agents to book their trips for the holiday.

Travel firms have launched a variety of tours as the busy summer travel season begins.

There will be two long national holidays in April, leading to an increase of 20 percent in travel demand compared to the same period last year.

Travel agents in Ho Chi Minh City are offering a huge range of domestic and outbound tours for the upcoming Reunification Day holiday on April 30 and Labour Day on May 1, and many of them are fully booked.

The 7th Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) will take place in Hanoi on March 27 – 30, providing a platform for travel firms to exchange experience and discuss pressing issues.

Beach trips are favoured by vacationers for the upcoming National Day holiday from September 1-3, according to travel firms.

Travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City are offering a wide range of outbound and domestic tours including to many new destinations with attractive promotions during the upcoming summer holiday.

People in the capital have made preparations for the upcoming four-day (from April 28 - May 1) holiday celebrating the Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1), and many of them will be traveling.

Travel demand for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday that this year begins on February 16 is expected to increase 20-30 percent compared to last year.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in November went up 0.13 percent monthly, 2.62 percent annually and 2.38 percent from the last December, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).