Representative of Phuong Trang bus company said that tickets for short trips from Ho Chi Minh City to famous tourist destinations such as Da Lat, Nha Trang and Can Tho on the two peak days of August 30 and 31 are sold out.
Phuong Trang's ticket prices increased by more than 25% during these two days. To meet travel demand, Phuong Trang had to mobilize 70 more passenger cars and increase trips on routes with a large number of passengers, bringing the total number of vehicles in operation to nearly 1,600. At the same time, businesses are also considering transferring vehicles from routes with few passengers to routes with high demand.
A similar situation also occurred at Chin Nghia bus company, with the Ho Chi Minh City - Quang Ngai route running out of sleeper tickets for two days August 30 and 31. The VIP sleeper ticket price of this bus company has increased sharply from 625,000 VND to 895,000 VND, an increase of more than 40%.
Phuc Thuan Thao bus company running the route Ho Chi Minh City - Tuy Hoa (Phu Yen) is also in a similar situation, running out of sleeper tickets for these two days.
According to the representative of Mien Dong New Bus Station (Thu Duc City), transport businesses at the station have planned to provide nearly 40,000 sleeper tickets for the holiday. Of these, about half of the tickets are for routes with high demand such as from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Lat, Nha Trang, Mui Ne, Phan Thiet, Tuy Hoa, and Quang Ngai.
In case the number of passengers suddenly increases beyond the service capacity, the bus station will mobilize additional tour buses and buses to support. However, bus stations do not encourage bus operators to increase ticket prices more than 40% to create favorable conditions for passengers.
Mien Tay Bus Station (Binh Tan district), forecasts that the total number of passengers during the September 2 holiday will reach nearly 205,000 people, up 15% over the same period last year and double compared to normal days. Particularly on August 30 - 31, the number of visitors is expected to reach about 54,500 and 59,000 people. Mien Tay Bus Station has prepared more than 1,800 buses per day to meet demand.
Meanwhile, the railway is also facing a shortage of tickets on short routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, Tuy Hoa... On the peak days of August 30 and 31, many trains only have a few dozen trains left. ticket.
Mr. Le Anh Tuan - Director of Saigon Railway Transport Branch, said the demand for train travel during the holidays increased sharply, especially for sleeper compartments, when many people booked tickets early.
To meet demand, the railway industry had to run dozens of additional trains from Saigon station to Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, Quang Ngai and vice versa.
