Information from on-line journey platform Agoda confirmed that Vietnam is likely one of the 5 most favourite locations of worldwide vacationers for the Lunar New 12 months subsequent month. The leading sources of travelers during this occasion will be South Korea, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Main journey firms in South Korea like HantaTour, Very Good Journey, and Kyowon Tour Journey Simple reported that the variety of Korean vacationers reserving Tet excursions has elevated about 50% year-on-year, and Phu Quoc island of Vietnam is among the many most engaging locations for them in the course of the approaching holidays.
Greedy the style of holidaymakers from South Korea, many tourism companies and locations have additionally rolled out the pink carpet with varied attention-grabbing merchandise.
Thai Phuong Hoa, normal director of Solar World – the leisure model of Solar Group, mentioned that the corporate has launched a variety of novel experiences in Phu Quoc comparable to Cau Hon (Kiss Bridge), an evening market, and a multimedia present named “Kiss of the Sea” with fireworks all yr spherical.
Hoa believed that Korean vacationers, particularly festivalists, will love these actions.
In 2023, practically 3.6 million guests from South Korea selected Vietnam as their vacation vacation spot, turning into the most important supply of worldwide vacationers within the Southeast Asian nation.
Vietnam’s visa exemption coverage was thought of a plus of its attractiveness to Korean vacationers.
Chairwoman of HanaTour Tune Mi-sun mentioned her firm will try to assist elevate the variety of Korean guests to Vietnam this yr to six million. Other than common locations of Koreans, it can open excursions of different locations like Sa Pa township within the northern province of Lao Cai.
Along with coastal cities like Da Nang, Nha Trang, and Phu Quoc, vacationers from the Northeast Asian nation at the moment are additionally selecting mountainous areas of Vietnam to discover, notably Sa Pa.
Yong Sung-ok, head of the Southeast Asian division at HanaTour, famous Vietnam has turn into a preferred vacation spot and essentially the most searched one amongst Korean vacationers within the latest previous.
Regardless of extended financial recession impacts, Koreans are at the moment able to spend huge on luxurious seats on flights.
Vietnam was the vacation spot with the most important quantity of enterprise class tickets bought by Korean passengers in 2023, based on statistics about final yr’s flight ticket income within the RoK launched by the nation’s largest e-marketplace Gmarket.