Vietnam Domestic Flights, not all
the difficulties over the ceiling price domestic flight tickets increased by 20% in April but
now travel agencies are now very worried about the proposal to increase the
ceiling price of domestic airline tickets to 1.5 times ...
Customers will give tour
"internal" to the tour "foreign"
Airlines Vietnam Airlines said that, for diverse types of local fare, the
company has proposed to increase 1.5 times the ceiling price, domestic air
fares will rise by about 15%.
Accordingly, the ordinary ticket price ceiling rate on domestic flight routes
will have significant price increases. One-way flights Ho Chi Minh - Da
Nang from 1.481 million excluding 10% VAT and other charges to 2.222 million,
stage Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi, from 2.227 million to 3.34 million VND flight
Hanoi - Phu Quoc from 2.727 million to 4.09 million ...

If the proposed increase is approved,
the goods travel agents are really worried about the cheapest domestic flights f tour. According to Nguyen Cong Hoan, Hanoi Redtour Vice
President, Domestic tour prices made up of service, each service increase, the
tour will lead to price increases. Usually air fares accounted for 50% of the
tour, if the ceiling airfare increase to 1.5 times the total tour price will be
increased to about 25%.
Mr. Hoan stressed, this is low season, normal customer
demand has dropped, the travel company had to reduce prices to stimulate
demand. But this time the discount is difficult to achieve, but if the increase
will be very hard to stimulate demand for tourist travel in the country. On the
other hand, the domestic tour will
also have to compete with the international tour, the tour because the current
international prices, but even some of the tour is the discount airline
tickets. Constitutes a national tour by plane can equal or greater foreign
tour. Thus, traveling inland normally did not rise up, but also share to the
international tour.
According to Luu Duc Ke, Director of Hanoi Tourist, tour
price constitutes the price of the ticket price up too much. For example, take
a local tour in five days, up from 50-70% fare. If on a Domestic Vietnam Flights ticket
prices will tend to shift to overseas tour package for cheaper services,
overseas shipping is also cheaper. Meanwhile, there are many foreign tour promotion,
ticketing regime for group travel is clear while the tour is almost no talk of
domestic promotion or price preferences.
According to his prediction Next, the tour price will not
increase price ceiling equal to that ticket, but will increase the range from
15 to 25%.
Customers
do not need a roadmap soon
"If the ceiling prices of Vietnam domestic flights tickets are likely to accept
more difficult to exploit consumers for domestic
tourism but also to accept. However, if the airline route, moderate price increases
rather than sudden and unexpected too, it will help more with tourists as well
as help it difficult for intermediary firms including guests, tourists also the
guests of the airline. The industry should sit together, the less predictable
to the unexpected, shortfalls and will be good for both the aviation and
tourism, "said Ke analysis.

Being a strong on outbound (customer Vietnam &
foreigners living in Vietnam, foreign travel) and hotel rates are higher market
share than Vietnam flights domestic tourists, Hanoi Redtour trying to push to sell
more products domestic tourists how to balance the ratio between traveling
internationally and domestically. However, in practice, policies of the
airlines as well as the policies of other services that provide incentives to
increase domestic tourism by Hanoi
Redtour also impaired by the trend of travel services Int'l down as the local
tour increases.
"The trend of the market is about increasing or
decreasing is natural, but the airlines should have a longer time, reported
earlier to the travel company offers tours can take the initiative for its
customers. When any travel company offering lower prices until a sudden the
airlines change the price, it's time to notice the price to customers for
travel is very difficult, maybe even lead to losses, "said Hoan said.