Vietravel posts 31 revenue growth

Along side price cuts the tour operatorhas launched apromotional program with prizes totaling VND 8 billion during the summer. As for the domestic travel segment Vietravel registered a 20% year on year growth rate while it recorded a growth rate of 25% in outbound tourism. There was a pick up in domestic tours tak ing in destinations in the country s central and northern regions Phu Quoc Island and theMekongDelta as the company onered 40 - 45 discounts under the stimulus program. Tours to Cambodia Thailand Singapore and Malaysia grew significantly given at tractive prices Meanwhile high income travelers still chose destinations such as the U S Japan South Korea Dubai and Egypt Vietravel now arranges five tours to the U S and Dubai monthly 2 - 3 tours higher than last year. The number of tourists taking these tours is high at over 30 per trip. For this summer the tour operator unveils promotions on 50 out of 300 tours. As of May 16 it served nearly 73 000 tourists
(By Tuong Vi, The Saigon Times Daily)