Agoda has announced the most sought-after destinations of Vietnamese travellers in the upcoming holidays. Danang's annual International Fireworks Festival Danang remains the most sought-after destination among Vietnamese travellers in the upcoming holidays, according to global online booking platform Agoda. The central city of Danang is well-known for its nice landscapes, diversified outdoor activities, and rich food culture. Furthermore, Agoda also provides a large range of accommodations in Danang at all prices for all kinds of travellers. Rank Destination 1 Danang (Vietnam) 2 Dalat (Vietnam) 3 Nha Trang (Vietnam) 4 Phan Thiet (Vietnam) 5 Phu Quoc (Vietnam) 6 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 7 Bangkok (Thailand) 8 Singapore (Singapore) 9 Vung Tau (Vietnam) 10 Seoul (Korea) 11 Hanoi (Vietnam) 12 Taipei (China Taiwan) 13 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 14 Hue (Vietnam) 15 Hoi An (Vietnam) 16 Sa Pa (Vietnam) 17 Tokyo (Japan) 18 Halong Bay (Vietnam) … [Read more...] about The top choices for Vietnamese travellers during the upcoming holidays
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Vietnamese travelers willing to spend big on overseas tours
People in Vietnam are becoming more inclined to take overseas vacations as they are willing to empty their pockets on costly tours as well as expensive services during their trips to foreign countries. To many domestic and foreign tour operators, Vietnam has emerged as a lucrative tourism market given that an increasing number of locals do not hesitate to spend big on overseas journeys. According to Tran Doan The Duy, deputy general director of Ho Chi Minh City-based tour operator Vietravel, the company has had to introduce new trips and destinations on a regular basis to meet local demand. The number of tourists embarking on Vietravel’s trips to Taiwan in 2017 rose by an astonishing 170 percent compared to the previous year, Duy said, adding the travelers to Japan and South Korea also increased by 30 percent. Fiditour, another travel agent in Ho Chi Minh City, reported that the number of its overseas tour buyers has surged by 25 to 30 percent per annum over the past years. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese travelers willing to spend big on overseas tours
A quiet Vietnamese visa run (part 1)
Every time I step outside Vietnam, I’m amazed at how quiet the world seems. I often get comments from well-meaning expats about my visa runs. ‘Why don’t you go to the border and come back, it’s much cheaper!’ frequently confronts me. The money involved has never been a big consideration for me. Usually I’m weighing up the time cost of being away from work or the need for a short break from the pins and needles of living in a foreign culture. I’m now in Phnom Penh tapping out this article in the lovely warmth and blue skies on the three-floor bar and Jacuzzi area of a small hotel while consuming one dollar beers – and I can’t hear a single horn blasting away anywhere. Not bad for fifteen dollars a night. Traffic is organized, no one makes problems and no sudden lane changes forcing people to brake hard. Lovely! Why Phnom Penh for the visa run? The embassy is the most efficient of the seven Vietnamese visa offices I’ve visited. … [Read more...] about A quiet Vietnamese visa run (part 1)
China fast-tracks visas to help Vietnamese fans reach U23 Asian Cup final on time
The Chinese Embassy in Hanoi has launched fast-track visa services for Vietnamese fans who are planning to travel to China this Saturday to watch their team play in the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 (AFC U23) Championship. The priority service has been available since Wednesday and fans should be able to pick up their visas on Friday, an embassy official told VnExpress. Normally it takes four working days to process a Chinese visa for Vietnamese people. Fast-track visas will cost travelers $20 more than usual at $80, but some service firms that organize visas have doubled their fees. The normal fee to a hire service firm is $150, but that's gone up to $300, said Ngoc, a representative of Danasea Tourist, a company in the central city of Da Nang. Thuy, the director of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Umove Travel, confirmed the information with VnExpress. The move by the Chinese embassy comes in response to a request made by Vietnam's Ministry of … [Read more...] about China fast-tracks visas to help Vietnamese fans reach U23 Asian Cup final on time
A quiet Vietnamese visa run
Every time I step outside Vietnam, I’m amazed at how quiet the world seems. I often get comments from well-meaning expats about my visa runs. ‘Why don’t you go to the border and come back, it’s much cheaper!’ frequently confronts me. The money involved has never been a big consideration for me. Usually I’m weighing up the time cost of being away from work or the need for a short break from the pins and needles of living in a foreign culture. I’m now in Phnom Penh tapping out this article in the lovely warmth and blue skies on the three-floor bar and Jacuzzi area of a small hotel while consuming one dollar beers – and I can’t hear a single horn blasting away anywhere. Not bad for fifteen dollars a night. Traffic is organized, no one makes problems and no sudden lane changes forcing people to brake hard. Lovely! Why Phnom Penh for the visa run? The embassy is the most efficient of the seven Vietnamese visa offices I’ve visited. … [Read more...] about A quiet Vietnamese visa run
Tour operators laud Cambodia visa exemption pact
Tour operators laud Cambodia visa exemption pactBy Dao Loan - The Saigon Times DailyHCMC – Many local tour operators have run into rapture at the news of visa exemption for holders of ordinary passports between Vietnam and Cambodia, saying the pact would be a springboard to spur travel between the two countries.Vietnam and Cambodia on Tuesday inked an agreement to this effect during the Vietnam visit by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.The majority of local visitors travel to the neighboring country via Moc Bai border gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh for trips to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap during four to five days, and each of them is now charged a visa fee of between US$20 and US$25.Ta Thi Cam Vinh, head of Ben Thanh Tourist’s outbound department, which is arranging tours for around 2,000 Vietnam travelers to Cambodia this year, showed her happiness at the new agreement.“The number of the guests will increase if tourists can travel to the country without … [Read more...] about Tour operators laud Cambodia visa exemption pact
Titlis Rotair partners with Blue Sky to promote Switzerland tours
By Mong Binh - The Saigon Times Daily André Küttel, marketing director of Titlis Rotair, told local reporters about the partnership between the two companies last week during his fourth visit to Vietnam to plan and develop tours for this market. Küttel said Blue Sky was a major agency of air-tickets and outbound tours in Vietnam and had designed proper packages that take in Switzerland and other European destinations. In Switzerland, Titlis Rotair provides hotel, food and excursion services for Vietnamese guests. Küttel said Vietnamese tourist arrivals in Switzerland remained modest but this market held huge potential, as the number of Vietnamese travelers serviced by Titlis Rotair had doubled annually over the past three years. The middle-class travelers are the target of Titlis Rotair. Küttel said many of them were traveling to destinations in Asia and Europe. “When I look at Vietnam, I see this economy developing very fast and more people travel … [Read more...] about Titlis Rotair partners with Blue Sky to promote Switzerland tours
Entry visa is free for Vietnamese tourists flying to Korea’s Jeju
South Korea entry visa is now free for Vietnamese tourists from Ho Chi Minh City flying direct to Korea’s Jeju Island, tourist officials announced Monday in the city.Mr. La Quoc Khanh, vice director of the city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Mr. Oh Chang-Hyeon, marketing director of the Jeju Tourism Organization, gave an information session Monday night to announce their cooperation result right after their working sitting in the day time.Two chartered flights per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays contracted by Korea-based company Asia World Travel now link the two destinations, with visa free for Vietnamese tourists, said Mr. Oh Chang-Hyeon.The chartered flights, which started over the weekend, are already fully booked for the HCM City-Jeju direction until December, said Mr. Vo Binh, Vietnam branch manager of Asia World Travel. Boeing aircraft with more than 140 seats are used for the chartered flights, he said.A round trip package tour to Jeju now costs about … [Read more...] about Entry visa is free for Vietnamese tourists flying to Korea’s Jeju
Vietnamese travel firms raise concerns over ‘cost-free’ tours Info Alert Alert Chia sẻ bài viết qua e-mail
Vietnamese travel firms have launched cost-free tours, copying a promotional model commonly used by airlines, to both domestic and outbound destinations. Offers include taking tourists to the U.S. at half the normal price via ‘budget packages’.The low-cost travel products are heating up the travel market during peak season, however they have also sparked skepticism from holidaymakers and industry insiders. Incredibly cheap pricesIn early November, a local travel firm known as V. stunned customers with a promotional campaign called “Hunting zero dong tours,” offering 1,000 packages at zero Vietnamese dong to several European and Asian countries, including France, Switzerland, Japan, China and Vietnam.The company’s general director, Tran Van Long, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that they were willing to suffer losses with the campaign, held on the occasion of the launch of its new headquarters.“Just as with zero-cost air tickets, customers of the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese travel firms raise concerns over ‘cost-free’ tours Info Alert Alert Chia sẻ bài viết qua e-mail
Vietnamese travel firms raise concerns over ‘cost-free’ tours
Vietnamese travel firms have launched cost-free tours, copying a promotional model commonly used by airlines, to both domestic and outbound destinations. Offers include taking tourists to the U.S. at half the normal price via ‘budget packages’.The low-cost travel products are heating up the travel market during peak season, however they have also sparked skepticism from holidaymakers and industry insiders. Incredibly cheap pricesIn early November, a local travel firm known as V. stunned customers with a promotional campaign called “Hunting zero dong tours,” offering 1,000 packages at zero Vietnamese dong to several European and Asian countries, including France, Switzerland, Japan, China and Vietnam.The company’s general director, Tran Van Long, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that they were willing to suffer losses with the campaign, held on the occasion of the launch of its new headquarters.“Just as with zero-cost air tickets, customers of the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese travel firms raise concerns over ‘cost-free’ tours