VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms have sighed a relief after the Prime Minister approved the 9-day Tet holiday instead of 7-day. A longer holiday would mean bigger business opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many travel firms are discontented with the unhealthy competition in the tourism industry as multiple firms are racing to lure customers by offering low-priced tours but failing to ensure the service quality accordingly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms now have to struggle harder to attract tourists in the low tourism season. However, they are afraid their efforts would be useless because of the non-cooperation of relevant parties.

VietNamNet Bridge – One month after HCMC officially offered river tours to some destinations in the city and the Mekong Delta, the number of tourists recorded is still modest as destinations are not attractive,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of international tourist arrivals in Vietnam this month rises by a staggering 29.9% year-on-year with over 567,000 travelers.

This could be a question to many people that why Vietnam has not thought of developing helicopter services when trying to develop tourism.

A lot of “bogus” travel firms have been existing -- escaping the notice of the management agencies and ripping off travelers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms have complained that cruise tourists have few opportunities to spend money in Viet Nam since there are very few points of sales serving the visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travelers cannot make the most of the tourism season, but they can only taste the bitterness when they are overcharged at tourist sites.

Quang Ninh province has been famous for the Ha Long Bay, one of the world’s natural wonders. However, over the last two years, the thing that attracts tourists to the locality is the spiritual tourism.

Cruise tourism is believed to be the growing tendency in the upcoming years. Meanwhile, people now tend to buy goods through online channels. These would bring the great opportunities to the Vietnamese tourism industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese keep indifferent to the tourism promotion programs launched by travel firms to lure customers for the two upcoming long holidays in April and May.

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic tourists, including those buying domestic and outbound tours, have generated much bigger revenues for travel firms than those earned from the inbound tourism segment,

Surveys have found out that 70-80 percent of foreigners traveled to Vietnam after they heard about the trips to Vietnam from relatives or friends.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several festivals, especially religious, being organized in northern provinces this month have failed to attract tourists from the south due to rumors of unsafe conditions.

Too many “bogus” travel firms have appeared on the market, tricking travelers out of money. Meanwhile, travelers don’t know who they should petition to have their interests protected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel companies in Ha Noi are hurrying to meet travel demands which are expected to increase up to 20 per cent compared with the period immediately before Tet.

Travel firms have decided to spend big money to upgrade railroads in an effort to persuade more people to travel by railways.

The short clips promoting Vietnam’s tourism implemented by a South Korean travel firm has moved the Vietnamese Internet community. Why can’t Vietnam do such interesting clips?

All the policies relating to the tourism industry have been bringing benefits to resort developers and tourism project investors, but no benefit to local residents.