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Why do tourists keep traveling during national holidays despite overcrowding and poor services?

Why do tourists keep traveling during national holidays despite overcrowding and poor services?

​With limited annual leave, Vietnamese people have no other choices except for jostling each other at tourist spots during short breaks, regardless of inadequate services and overcrowding.
Thanh Hoa, HCMC post highest tourism revenues during holidays

Thanh Hoa, HCMC post highest tourism revenues during holidays

Despite high airfares, heat wave, 8 million tourists recorded during long holidays

Despite high airfares, heat wave, 8 million tourists recorded during long holidays

Beach tourist hubs see tourist influx during long holidays amid severe heat wave

Beach tourist hubs see tourist influx during long holidays amid severe heat wave

Many popular beach destinations witnessed an increase in tourist numbers from last year during the five-day holidays as people sought refuge from the heat wave enveloping the country.
May 1, 2024 | 07:10 pm PT
138 killed in road accidents during long weekend holiday

138 killed in road accidents during long weekend holiday

During the five-day Reunification Day-Labor Day holidays that ended Wednesday, there were 347 traffic accidents that resulted in 138 deaths and injuries to 285 people.
May 1, 2024 | 07:07 pm PT
Tourist destinations not crowded as heat wave deters revelers

Tourist destinations not crowded as heat wave deters revelers

Tourist destinations across the country are not very crowded despite the long five-day holiday, with the sizzling heat discouraging outdoor travel.
April 28, 2024 | 11:31 pm PT
Throngs cool off at artificial beach amid heat wave

Throngs cool off at artificial beach amid heat wave

Thousands of people flocked to an artificial beach in which waves reach four meters high in Dong Nai Province on Sunday to escape the torrid weather.
April 28, 2024 | 09:34 pm PT
Vietnamese tours to Northeast Asia bustle on first day of holiday

Vietnamese tours to Northeast Asia bustle on first day of holiday

Tours from Vietnam to South Korea, China, and Japan were fully booked from mid-April, bustling with the departures of thousands of travelers on Saturday, the first day of the five-day Reunification Day holiday.
April 27, 2024 | 11:00 pm PT
Tourists to overcrowd beaches during long holiday

Tourists to overcrowd beaches during long holiday

With accommodations full of bookings, tourism destinations Vung Tau, Phan Thiet, Phu Quy and Nha Trang, all easily reached by road from HCMC, are expected to be overrun during the five-day holiday which began Saturday.
April 27, 2024 | 03:00 pm PT
Labor Day holiday has thousands waiting at China border

Labor Day holiday has thousands waiting at China border

Thousands of people at the northern province of Lao Cai’s border gate have had to wait for four hours, twice as long as usual, to enter China as tourists on Saturday, the first day of the five-day Reunification Day and Labor Day holiday.
April 27, 2024 | 04:38 am PT
Crowds depart Hanoi, HCMC for long weekend holiday

Crowds depart Hanoi, HCMC for long weekend holiday

Thousands of people left Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening ahead of a five-day holiday, causing gridlocks at major gateways.
April 26, 2024 | 10:11 am PT
Hanoi vacationers do not let high airfares stop them

Hanoi vacationers do not let high airfares stop them

High airfares between Hanoi and many of the country’s tourist hotspots during five-day Reunification Day-Labor Day holiday from April 27 to May 1 have not deterred vacationers and most flights are sold out.
April 26, 2024 | 04:46 am PT
Airports to offer 9,000 domestic flights during upcoming holiday

Airports to offer 9,000 domestic flights during upcoming holiday

Vietnamese airlines are expected to operate 9,000 flights on domestic routes to meet the travel demand during Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 1) holidays.
April 26, 2024 | 12:11 am PT
Heat waves to sweep across Vietnam during long weekend holiday

Heat waves to sweep across Vietnam during long weekend holiday

Heat waves would sweep through most Vietnam localities during the Reunification Day-Labor Day holiday (April 30-May 1), with certain areas recording temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius.
April 25, 2024 | 11:53 pm PT
Northern hotels fully booked as holiday rates double

Northern hotels fully booked as holiday rates double

Hotels in northern Vietnam's top destinations are already fully booked for the five-day Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 1) later this month, inspiring accommodations to double room rates.
April 25, 2024 | 11:46 pm PT
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