Hanoi (VNA) - Many travel companiessaid domestic tourism is recovering quickly, and even a number of tours for theSouth Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and the May Day holidayshave been fully booked.

The Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaperreported that travel firms have continually offered new tours and combos withattractive prices and services.

Thanks to the containment of the latest COVID-19outbreak that began in late January, the number of domestic travellers bookingtours and combos has been growing strongly.

Nguyen Nguyet Van Khanh, Deputy Director of themarketing division at Vietravel, said since early March, her company hascarried out a new programme in which clients booking four- or five-star resortrooms for two or three nights for trips in March and April will be offeredround-trip tickets priced from only 990,000 VND (nearly 43 USD) for certainroutes of Vietravel Airlines.

This enterprise reported that the number ofvisitors rose five-fold during March 1-7, and most of them selecteddestinations in the Central Highlands, the central region, and Phu Quoc Islandfor their holidays.

Doan Thi Thanh Tra, head of the communicationsdivision at Saigontourist, noted that for travel businesses, the domesticmarket is still their lifesaver in 2021.

Tour prices at present are “very good” comparedto the pre-outbreak period as hotels and restaurants are offering the bestprices while service quality is still maintained, she said, adding thatSaigontourist has also seen a large number of clients asking for information orbooking tours and combos for the coming national holidays in late April.

Besides, flight tickets have also beendiscounted to the lowest possible level, according to Dau tu.

Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines has soldtickets for the domestic flights conducted between February 19 and December 31this year, except for some peak times, for only 88,000 VND, or 567,000 VNDincluding tax and fees. Passengers can change tickets for unlimited timesbefore the flight date, with the change free of 500,000 VND per ticket.

Apart from travel companies and airlines, manylocalities have also been launching a wide range of activities to attractvisitors this summer.

Da Nang city, a tourist magnet in the centralregion, is set to organise the Danang By Night programme on April 30 featuringnumerous events like artistic lighting on the Han River and its banks, bridges,and some skycrapers; night-time travel activities at the An Thuong tourism zone;and music shows at many places of interest.

Hanoi capital is scheduled to hold a travelstimulus and culinary festival on April 14-16 at the pedestrian zone aroundHoan Kiem Lake.

Meanwhile, businesses in Ho Chi Minh City hasalso recorded positive signs when the number of people with travel demand isrecovering, Chairwoman of the city’s Tourism Association Nguyen Thi Khanh said,adding that many of the association’s member companies have inked contracts withhundreds or even thousands of clients for trips through April.

She noted that residents in HCM City lovetravelling, so a demand rebound is inevitable after a long period of staying athome due to the coronavirus outbreak./.