The 9-day Tet holiday in 2025 is a favorable opportunity for Vietnamese people to have more time to enjoy and participate in domestic and international tours. In particular, long holidays abroad are of interest to many tourists.
Mr. Tran Hai (27 years old, Hanoi) said that this year's Tet holiday, he plans to travel to Harbin (China) during the snowy season.
He shared: “During the long holiday, I can take a long trip without having to take leave like during the year. Airfares to foreign countries during the Lunar New Year are affordable, sometimes just as expensive as domestic airfares.”
Like the asked male tourist, many Vietnamese tourists also research foreign tours and trips during the Lunar New Year.
Mr. Bui Thanh Tu - Marketing Director of Best Price Travel Company said that the travel trends for Tet 2025 are very diverse, with many options for customers. For the domestic market, the company focuses on tourism products in the North. Meanwhile, the international market also has the potential to be fully exploited.
“For the international market, we focus on destinations in Asia such as Thailand, China, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China). Due to increased demand for bookings, airfares, hotel rooms, and services also increase during Tet, so tour prices also increase by 30-50% depending on the location,” Mr. Tu shared.
Sharing the same view, Mr. Pham Van Bay - Deputy Director of Vietravel Hanoi branch said that the foreign tourism market during Tet also attracted more tourists than the same period last year.
Mr. Bay informed: "Customers tend to choose tours during this time because the weather is nice, the destinations are not too crowded, the service is less stressful than during the peak summer season and the tour prices will also be more stable."
Accordingly, visitors to China can join hot tours such as Jiuzhaigou (6 days), Zhangjiajie - Phoenix Ancient Town (5 days/ 6 days), Lijiang - Shangrila (5 days/ 6 days) with prices starting from only 9.99 million VND.
Customers going on Northeast Asia tours to see the golden trees and red leaves include Korea for 5 or 6 days, Japan for 5 or 6 days, Taiwan (China) for 5 days, priced from only 10.99 million VND.
“The most prominent and most popular market for tourists is the Chinese market with many new itineraries opened such as: shopping in Guangzhou - Shenzhen in September, exploring the ancient capital of many Chinese feudal dynasties - Xi'an, going to Harbin and admiring the Ice Lantern Festival in December...
Besides, the season of yellow and red leaves combined with favorable new visa policies will boost tourists' demand for buying tours to Korea or Japan - Korea tours," Mr. Bay commented.
Vietravel representative added that the Germany - Czech - Hungary tour is also expected to become a hot route this Fall and Winter, with the advantage of Vietnam Airlines' new flight route departing from Hanoi to Frankfurt, convenient, good price and many attractive destinations with ancient architectural works such as Prague, Budapest...
To better serve foreign Tet tours, travel agencies have made preparations quite early, including preparing air tickets, hotel room funds, arranging Vietnamese and local tour guides, setting up diverse and attractive itineraries... In addition, travel agencies also opened tours for sale early, launching many promotional programs to stimulate tourism demand for the 2025 Lunar New Year season.
