Vietnam Airlines Group to launch discount tickets, gifts at int’l travel mart

The Vietnam Airlines Group, comprising Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and VASCO, plans to offer dozens of thousands of tickets, tours, and gifts at the four-day Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) which will open in Hanoi on March 31.
Vietnam Airlines Group to launch discount tickets, gifts at int’l travel mart ảnh 1The design of Vietnam Airlines stall at the travel mart. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Airlines Group,comprising Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and VASCO, plans to offer dozensof thousands of tickets, tours, and gifts at the four-day Vietnam InternationalTravel Mart (VITM) which will open in Hanoi on March 31.

Joining VITM 2022 – which marks the reopening ofthe Vietnamese tourism sector in the new normal, the group wants to join handswith the authorities and travel businesses to bring best experience possible fortourists and help speed up tourism recovery. Its member Vietnam Airlines is thesponsor of travel and the official carrier for the expo.

At the stall run by the group, visitors will be treated toa series of promotional packages, including the buy-three-get-oneprogramme for domestic routes; discount tickets for international flights to destinations like Thailand,Malaysia, Japan, and the US; and lucky draws with many interesting gifts; amongothers.

The travel mart is expected to feature about 320 booths withthe participation of travel firms and management officials from 52 cities andprovinces across the country and six foreign countries and territories, namelyJapan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan (China) and Turkey. It hopes to welcome 40,000 visitors.

Participating tourism and aviation businesses will offer morethan 10,000 promotional tours, 100,000 low-cost air tickets, and thousands ofgifts at the event./.
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