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Travel demand in Hanoi soars before Lunar New Year

The volume of goods and passenger transported in Hanoi have strongly increased in January as the country’s biggest festival in the year - the Lunar New Year (Tet) – is approaching.
Travel demand in Hanoi soars before Lunar New Year ảnh 1Passengers line up at My Dinh Bus Terminal in Hanoi (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The volume of goods and passenger transported in Hanoi havestrongly increased in January as the country’s biggest festival in the year -the Lunar New Year (Tet) – is approaching.

Accordingto the municipal People’s Committee, the transport sector has served 83 millionpassengers, earning 1.21 trillion VND (53.6 million USD), up 5.9 percentcompared to the previous month and 15.7 percent year-on-year.

The volumeof goods transported in the city is estimated to reach 51 million tonnes,raking in 2.68 trillion VND (118.7 million USD), representing rises of 1.2percent month-on-month and 7.7 percent year-on-year.

Meanwhile,revenue from supporting activities for transportation, including port, loadingand unloading services, is estimated to hit 2.31 trillion VND (102.6 millionUSD).

All bus andrailway stations in Hanoi are planning to increase the number of vehicles,especially in peak time.

Thenational flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced to operate additional 900flights, equivalent to 185,000 seats, from January 15 to February 13, up 13percent as compared to the normal schedule and 46 percent as compared to thesame period last year.

Thelow-cost airline Vietjet Air is selling 1.5 million discount tickets during theLunar New Year for domestic and international flights.-VNA

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