More difficult for tourism to increase ticket prices - Travel agents in Vietnam

Just spent 6 million customers who are traveling abroad as a local tour with equivalent distance also 8-9 million. Flights rise as making domestic travel more expensive of travel agents in Vietnam.
Human long holiday on the occasion of Tet, Mai Hanh, the boss at a small telecommunications company with all the travel plans just to get warm Nha Trang in early spring just travel. However, when the reference fare, she wondered again because the price of tour from Hanoi to Nha Trang also more expensive than many other foreign tours. Specifically, in the travel agency Vietravel, a trip to Nha Trang - Da Lat on the occasion of Lunar New Year 4 days with the price of 9 million. Whereas only expenditure from 6 to 7 million VND per person, all she could do a home visit six days "of weapons" to Bangkok - Pattaya.

Failure to recalculate, Hanh finally decided on tour to Bangkok. "Spend less money and still enjoy abroad course valuable than touring the country," she said.
Actually, do not wait until the Vietnam Airlines ticket prices last Thursday 15/12 that domestic tour is notoriously expensive. The tour from Hanoi to the south as Phu Quoc, Da Lat are nearly 10 million a control. While sometimes just dropped from 2 million to nearly 6 million customers that have been "abroad" by plane to neighboring countries. Tour price depends on the travel itinerary for a long or short days.
Therefore, travel agents fear that the decision to increase ticket prices 20% of Vietnam tour Vietnam Airlines will increasingly make more 'picky' customers.
Mr. Pham Ha, director of travel company Luxury Travel Vietnam for tourism capital of expensive goods in the region. The resort continued to increase fares, most recently, HaLong bay vietnam, or inflation caused internal difficulties tour business. Nay airfare to increase 20% make the situation more problematic than selling tour.
"The times of economic downturn, not just business customers also difficult to squeeze than before. Tour prices are more difficult to sell," he said. To adapt, businesses that will have to find more new directions as given price policy flexibility for customers to choose, or create special products to target markets with high affordability.
According to Mr. Vu Hoang Anh, Director of Indochina Account Remember, every year, the ticket prices are usually given early so businesses time to adjust the route. But this year, from time to time to make up the cost of the Vietnam Airlines takes only a few months makes no enterprise able to respond.
"Flights surge in customers who book tickets to end in 2012 and half of them have put money, as we will have to pocket the compensation tickets for this tour" he said.
Similar to other travel agents, Indochina Close Secure Corporation is planning to adapt to the new ticket prices as low tour designed to move more air, the last leg of the train can be used. "Vietnam's tourism market is increasingly self-sacrificing its competitiveness. Just this momentum gradually both internal and external customers will turn to other markets only," said Vu Hoang Anh expressed worry .
After 2 days Vietnam Airlines to apply new prices, dealers noted the uneven number of tickets sold. HK Vietnam Company said before the application of the new ticket price, number of tourists pouring to buy large ticket. In the days 13/12, HK Vietnam sold 3 billion of its own airfare Vietnam Airlines. To day 14, the number of tickets issued over 6 billion. However, to date 15/12 - the first day apply Vietnam Airlines said the new fares, the number of tickets sold decreased to about 1 billion.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, deputy director of Vietnam said HK like the last round of fare increases, basically, the ticket agents are not affected. By practice, people still need to travel to purchase tickets, make sure the route is still the same. Besides, in the first month, the company usually applies for a promotion policy route certain numbers. Thus, even the time of ticket increases, customers can still buy the cheaper price.
"How now, too, look on the new ticket price effect, increase in sales is very high and exceeds 50% phase," Mr Hung said.
The owner of an airplane ticket agents on Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi share routes have increased fares in advance so people with high travel demand reserve tickets. "It remains my patrons to buy 50 tickets at the time of year promotions. The beauty of Vietnam Airlines is for customers to buy their tickets in advance and can choose the appropriate schedule of travel," he said.
According to him, now, the airlines of Vietnam has a fare policy similar. For example, today Vietnam Airlines to increase fares, Jetstar Pacific or Air tomorrow Mekong also adjusted. So, if you have a general policy, the consumer does not have much choice. "In short the tickets have increased even more when the need arises, passengers still have to get going", the agency said.