The 2015 Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM) will take place
in Hanoi from April 3-6, with the opening ceremony held on late April 2.
Themed “Vietnam – The Land of Heritages”, the
third VITM intends to popularise Vietnam’s UNESCO-recognised heritage
sites and attractions to travellers at home and abroad. It will feature
355 booths of Vietnamese travel agencies, hotels, tourism offices and
airlines.
Travel agents, tour operators and hotels
from 24 other nations and territories will also showcase their products
and services at 141 booths.
A series of
activities, including seminars, cultural performances and traditional
culinary demonstrations, will be organised during the biggest
international tourism event of the year in Vietnam.
On this occasion, airlines plan to offer around 15,000 discount
tickets, priced from 190,000 VND (8.93 USD) for international flights
and from 333,000 VND (15.50 USD) for domestic flights.
Also on offer are 8,000 tours with discounts up to 50 percent, 600
hotel and restaurant coupons, and a variety of lucky draws aiming to
promote domestic tourism.
Deputy Director of the
Vietravel Company Tran Tuan Anh said that during the event, the company
will provide customers with tours to both domestic and foreign
destinations with discounts up to 52 percent.
Meanwhile, Hanoi Red Tours will offer hundreds of zero-profit promotion
tours. At this year’s fair, besides familiar places like Thailand,
Malaysia, Cambodia and Singapore, the company will offer tours to new
and attractive destinations such as the Philippines and Kenya. It will
also organise more tours to Vietnam’s tourism attractions, including Da
Nang, Can Tho, Quy Nhon and Tuy Hoa. The company expects to provide
services for around 2,500 people during the event.
Most of Saigontourist’s products offered at the VITM 2015 will focus on
the theme “Vietnam – The Land of Heritages”, with tours to the
localities which are home to UNESCO-recognised natural and cultural
heritages, such as Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Quang Binh
and Thua Thien-Hue.
On the 40 th anniversary of the
Liberation of the South and National Reunification, the travel company
offers tours to Ho Chi Minh City and the southwest region as well as
to the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition and the Ha Long
Carnival Festival.-VNA