VietNamNet Bridge – The number of travellers who have booked tours for 2010 New Year and Tet is relatively higher than non-holidays and higher than the same period last year, travel firms have said.

Tourists in Da Lat

Meanwhile, according to Nguyen Minh Man, senior executive of Vietravel, the travel firm will service 2,000 clients over Christmas and the New Year; so far 50 percent of this number have confirmed tours.

Domestic destinations have been the choices of many travellers. Southerners like travelling to the north and the central regions, choosing the tours to Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Sapa, Hue City and the coastal tourist spot Nha Trang.

Travel firms said that though prices have increased by five to 10 percent on average due to the higher service fees over the festival season, the number of travellers is still higher than the previous year.

Explaining the increase in the number of tourists, Nghia (FULL NAME) from Ben Thanh Tourist said that it is because of the preferences offered by travel firms and the policies of the State which aim to stimulate the demand.

Trips to the north via air have attracted clients because the ticket prices have  decreased by two million dong. Hanoi is an attractive destination because it is preparing for its 1,000^th anniversary, which will October 10, 2010, though celebrations have been planned throughout the year.

Meanwhile, Da Lat City is preparing for the Da Lat flower Festival which will take place between  January 1 - 4, 2010.

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