Spring tour

Many Vietnamese families welcome Tet by combining traditional rituals with relaxing spring trips as a way to enjoy the achievements of one year’s labor. Ms. Quynh Trang (An Khanh Ward, Ninh Kieu District), said: "This Tet, my family will travel to Da Nang and Central Vietnam to welcome the spring. A 4-day journey is quite suitable and this rare opportunity is also a time for the whole family to get together”. Compared with previous years, many families plan to go on a spring tour earlier this year. Mr. Trong Nghia (Ninh Kieu District) said: "To me, this is a holiday to regain energy after a year of hard work; it’s like a reward I gave myself before I’m back to job". Mr. Trong Nghia and his friends decided to explore the beauty of Northwest region. They choose backpacking tourism and self-sufficiency such as buying tickets, booking services and planning to explore Ha Giang - Dong Van provinces. Seniors such as Mr. Van Nghiem (living in Le Binh Street, Ninh Kieu District) also said: "It is rare for family members to gather together, so my family chooses to relax in a resort in Phu Quoc. The trip is short, but the most essential thing is the comfortable and warm atmosphere when we can stay close to our family”.

Ngoc Quynh and friends choose to explore the land of golden pagodas - Thailand. Ngoc Quynh said: "We want to experience the taste of Tet in Thailand. Thailand and Vietnam are both Southeast Asian countries but each place has its own culture so I want to discover that difference". Meanwhile, Mrs. Mong Thu (Xo Viet Nghe Tinh street, Ninh Kieu district), said: "My family chooses to go to Japan this Tet. I like to learn more about Japanese culture and take pictures in many places. I have heard that this season in Japan is very beautiful, especially crimson forest”.

Current trend in tour selection

Mrs. Tran Thi Bao Thu - Marketing & Communications Director of Fiditour Company, said: "we have seen the rise of short-term (3-5 days) domestic and outbound tourism in this year's Tet celebrations. Tours such as island tours, East-Northwest Vietnam tour; Southeast Asia tour, Korea tour, Taiwan tour are many visitors’ favorites".

In the last few years, the trend of booking tours in flower season has developed strongly, especially in the East-Northwest routes such as Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Moc Chau (Son La) and Sapa (Lao Cai). This trend continues in Tet holiday, because this time is also flower season with various flowers such as white flowers, sunflowers, peach blossom early ... Young tourists often enjoy the nature of discovery, experience New culture of the early years of ethnic minorities in the East - Northwest. Meanwhile, middle-aged and middle-aged clients often choose short-term tours for the year to pray for health, peace and good fortune for the family. Domestic hot weather conditions such as Da Nang, Nha Trang, Mui Ne, Vung Tau, Con Dao, Phu Quoc ...

Speaking of outbound tour, besides popular destinations such as Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore and so on; this year, visitors also have another option is to visit Japan and Korea - countries and territories are stimulating the demand for attracting more tourists from Vietnam.

Taking that trend, Fiditour introduces many new travel products for travelers to have more choices. For outbound tours, the highlight will be the Korea’s winter tour packages (from November to March next year);

Australia tour stops at 3 major cities of Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney to welcome New Year's Eve in Melbourne with a series of exciting events such as enjoying the dazzling fireworks party by the Yarra River, joining the big party at Federation Square or mixing yourself in the groups of street performers and thrilling crowds along Southgate Promenade.

In terms of domestic tours, a new option for visitors to choose is Hoa Binh tour to visit Thung Nai lake which is described as "Halong bay on land"; sacred Thac Bo cave along with the magical stalactites. Being here, visitors are free to enjoy beautiful, perfect scenery of rivers and mountains.

Meanwhile, Vietravel also offers more than 80 sets of domestic products, 300 foreign products, ensuring the frequency of continuous departure. Mrs. Le Dinh Minh Thy - Director of Vietravel in Can Tho and the South-Western region, said: “the domestic and outbound tours departing from Can Tho are always the visitors’ first choice. Accordingly, the East - Northwest route, the "Middle Spring Heritage" journey, or the sea lanes in the South Central region, Phu Quoc or the Western region’s Spring Blossom season and so on are the visitors’ priority choices. Speaking of international tour, tourists usually choose tours in Southeast Asia; Northeast Asia which is not only affordable but also has many exuberant festivals. In addition, tours to Australia, the United States, Canada and Europe are also many guests’ interests. In particular, two direct charter flights to Fukushima (Japan), Ningbo (China) are the popular tour packages which customers hunt for the 2018 holiday season.

Mr. Truong Van Vinh, Deputy Director of An Tin Travel in the Western region, said: "To catch up with the trend of Tet this year, An Tin also offers a variety of tours. In Can Tho there will be floating market tour, fruit orchard tour, spiritual pilgrimage tour, western river experience tour. About domestic tours, An Tin is concentrated in destinations on the sea and island such as Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, Da Nang; There is also a pilgrimage tour in Hanoi, Ninh Binh. Speaking of international tours, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan are many tourists’ first choice. An Tin has booked the service at these points in advance so that the tour price will not increase and the quality is still good for guests to have a perfect holiday”. At An Tin Travel, outstanding tours attracting visitors are "Phong Dien Floating Market - rice noodles factory - Cocoa Gardens", "Taiwan - Taichung - Nantou", Korea and "Osaka - Kyoto - Nara - Namba". In addition, guests can choose tours which are suitable for the price and service criteria in some travel agencies such as Saigontourist, Canthotourist, Ben Thanh Tourist and so on.

The increase in number of visitors and stimulus programs

At Fiditour, the number of visitors which books this year's Lunar New Year has grown tremendously, many tourists booked tours as soon as the official information for tet holiday (7 days) comes out. Up to now, the number of visitors registering for the 2018 Lunar New Year holiday at Fiditour has increased by about 10% over the same period last year. In the Lunar New Year this year, Fiditour expects the number of tourists will increase about 30-40% compared to 2017. At Vietravel, guests also register Tet tour earlier than any other year, the number of guests is estimated to increase about 20% compared to the same period last year. At An Tin Travel, the traveler’s growth rate is expected to be 18-25%.

To initiate the tourist season of 2018 Tet holiday, Vietravel has launched a promotion program with the message "Spring travel in Tet - Love connection" (28-11-2017 to 25-02-2018) with the discount up to 3,1 million VND. Moreover, Vietravel also has many other attractive gifts for visitors when booking tours. Particularly at An Tin Travel, guests who choose spring tour will get lucky money as a good-luck gift from the company to customers.