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Shop discounts aim to lure tourist dollars


 A campaign to reduce prices during the low season to attract international and domestic tourists, has received the support of supermarkets, shops, Vietnam hotels, restaurants and transportation firms in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism said.

 

A campaign to reduce prices during the low season to attract international and domestic tourists
A campaign to reduce prices during the low season to attract international and domestic tourists.

The outlets agreed to reduce prices by 10-40 per cent during August and September, administration travel department deputy head Nguyen Anh Tuan said.

Other provinces and cities that wanted to join the promotion could register with the administration, he said.

A list of the participants would be put on the administration’s website. 

Discount sales are achieved in a number of ways such as preferential discount cards or shopping coupons.

Tourists just need to show a passport or identification card.

The campaign was jointly launched by the administration, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s trade promotion department and Vietnam Airlines. It was expected to replace existing annual promotions.

Revenues from tourist shopping is high in countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, which have had similar programmes for a decade.
 
 
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