In 2012, owing to the economic downturn, many traditional clients cut expenditures for tourism. In addition, abnormal changes of weather made travel companies cancel tours. However, these obstacles still did not prevent growth of travel industry.
Vo Van No, head of Tourism Office of the provincial department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said “In 2012, activities of tourism business reached a fair growth with the increase in visitors and revenues.
Travel units have spared no efforts to expand scale of business and improve quality of service to meet visitors’ demand.
As a result, as many as 3,786,314 turns of visitors registered tours, 115,000 turns of which were foreigners and 3,671,314 were local clients, winning 94.6% of yearly plan.
Pham Phu Thy, director of Vietravel Binh Duong, boasted “2012 was one of breakthrough years of Vietravel Binh Duong with a strong growth from 2011, exceeding 11% of its plan. Binh Duong is an attractive market and the branch won a 176% increase of revenue in 2012. Thus, the branch is very confident to complete its plans in 2013”.
Thy assessed that traveling seems to become a habit for people. In order to lure more clients, travel companies have launched many attractive service programs with proper price and high quality.
So far, Vietravel has lured 760 visitor delegations for Tet tours. Of these, foreign tours such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia… have accounted for high rate with nearly 500 visitors. The foreign tours will bring a 7-8% increase in profit from 2012.
The travel in 2013 promises a strong growth because it has many new features. For instance, many tours are built on community responsibility.
According to the travel units, visitors should choose prestigious travel companies to enjoy a comfortable holiday.
Reported by P.An – Translated by A.C
