The Hanoi Transport Service Company (Transerco) has introduced the new ticket price for its double-decker tour bus service.

The double-decker tour bus service in Hanoi

The new ticket which is VND196,000 (USD8.91) for a two-hour tour will be applied from July 10. The new ticket will exclude the hop-on, hop-off service, which means passengers need not get off the bus during the entire trip to 30 attractions in the city. 

The company has also proposed launching a double-decker bus night tour from August 1, starting at 7:30 pm or 8:30 pm every day.

The current double-decker bus tour prices are VND300,000 (USD13.30) for a four-hour tour, VND450,000 (USD20) for 24 hours and VND650,000 (USD28.80) for 48 hours.

On May 30, Hanoi launched its first double-decker city tour, with hop-on and hop-off at 13 stops, running through 25 streets and taking tourists to 30 destinations in the city.

The bus arrives every 30 minutes from 9 am to 5 pm every day. Tourists can choose to join or stop the tour at any bus stop along the route. The buses are equipped with an automatic multi-lingual narration system in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Transerco Deputy Director Nguyen Cong Nhat said that after nearly one month on trial, the results remained modest. Transerco has been selling 70 tickets in a day on an average, mainly to foreign tourists.

The main reasons for the poor results were high ticket prices and hot weather, he added.

Laodong/Dtinews