Airlines reduce airfares to stimulate tourism

The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Travel Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VAT) on March 12 worked with a group in charge of stimulating tourism in the southern part of the country.

The group said that after reducing the prices of tours by 15-35 percent, many travel companies have attracted more visitors to the region.

Especially, Jetstar Pacific and Indochina Airlines are offering a discount of 30-40 percent on their airfares. Tran The Dung, deputy head of the group in the southern region said that although their reduction in airfares is not as high as Vietnam Airlines (60 percent), it has helped the tourism market develop.

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