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Tet short tours preferred

Travel firms are offering tours lasting for two or three days to satisfy the increasing demand during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest holiday in Vietnam.
Tet short tours preferred ảnh 1Travel firms are offering tours lasting for two or three days. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Travel firms are offering tours lasting for two or three days to satisfy theincreasing demand during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest holidayin Vietnam.

Paradise Vietnam, a leading cruise operator in UNESCO-recognisedHa Long Bay in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, is offering such tours on luxurious vessel Paradise Elegance,traditional wooden junk Paradise Sails and Paradise Peak  - the most luxurious ship cruising the bay,which are chosen by many international holidaymakers after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Sales Director Cao Anh Tuan.

Tuan noted that his company has seen a remarkablerise in the number of foreign vacationers for cruises in Ha Long Bay,especially those from Spain, France, the US, Australia, the Republic of Korea(RoK), India, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Ly Truong Xuan, in charge of marketing atVietnamtourism-Hanoi, said international visitors favour short tours to Hanoi,Ha Long Bay, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An and HCM City, adding that most of the bookingscome from Spanish, Belgian, British, German, and Israeli tourists.
Tet short tours preferred ảnh 2Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Notably, holidaymakers will have chances toexperience Vietnamese traditions and cuisines on the occasion of the Lunar NewYear.

According to the Vietnam National Administration ofTourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam welcomedmore than 3.66 million international tourist arrivals last year, with high revenuesrecorded in such localities as Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Khanh Hoa, HCM City, Can Tho,Lam Dong, Da Nang, Hanoi, and Quang Ninh.

Travel companies said tourists started booking for Tet tours,both inbound and outbound, in mid-November, and the number oftourists during the holiday is expected to rise by 30-40% year-on-year.
Given this, the national flag carrier VietnamAirlines said it will increase flights to 500 from January 6 to February 5, orfrom the 15th day of the last lunar month to the 15th of the LunarNew Year.

Tour operator Saigontourist has offered 300 productson this occasion, and expected to serve more than 20,000 holidaymakers.Vietravel has also launched 200 inbound and outbound tours for Tet.

Vietnam aims to welcome 110 million tourist arrivals thisyear, of whom 8 million are foreign, and earn some 650 trillion VND (27.73 billion USD) from thetourism sector./.
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