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Travel firms seek new impetus for outbound market

Many travel alliances have been formed to jointly build new tours and products to Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, promising to create a new boom in the outbound market in 2023.
Travel firms seek new impetus for outbound market ảnh 1A Vietnamese visitor in Thailand (Photo: baodautu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Many travel alliances have been formed tojointly build new tours and products to  Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, promisingto create a new boom in the outbound marketin 2023.

Travel agencies have exploited lesser-known travel destinations and new routes to attract moreand more holiday-makers.

According to travel agencies,the outbound market is becoming bustling again after countries have graduallyresumed tourism activities.

A number of key internationalmarkets such as Europe, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Bali (Indonesia)and Taiwan (China) are being successfullyexploited by units with an increasing number of visitors.

Many travel agencies have focused on exploiting new markets inAfrica, the Middle East, South Asia, and West Asia.

At the end of August 2022, nearly 20 travel agencies in Hanoi operated tours to Mongolia with a journey of 8 days and 7 nights. At the end of the year, several travel agencies cooperated with Sri Lankan units toestablish Let's go Sri Lanka alliance.

Travel firms seek new impetus for outbound market ảnh 2Experience tours to Mongolia attract many Vietnamese tourists (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

Director of Pattours Vu Giang Bien said that the firm’s tours toSri Lanka in February have been fully booked.

Sors Travel Services held a meeting in Hanoi on February 8 to connect120 outbound tour operators, and discuss the exploitation of destinations in Turkey, Morocco, Dubai, Jordan,Israel, Georgia, and Egypt.

Managing Director of Sors Travel Services Ulgen Yesil said that Vietnam's outboundtourism market in new destinations will grow quickly in the coming time.

Director of Trang An Travel Nguyen Huu Cuong said his firm will re-operate a number of toursto Turkey, Morocco, Spain and Egypt.

According to Director of Golden Tour Travel Pham Tien Dung, Egyptis forecast to have a large number of bookings because it is one of the attractivedestinations exploited beforethe COVID-19 pandemic.

President of UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club Truong Quoc Hung said that travelagencies need to join hands in building alliances to effectively exploit newroutes and destinations.

Accordingto President of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh, travel firmsneed to work closely with embassies, tourism management agencies, and businesspartners in other countries to build safe and quality tours./.  
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