Hotels with beautiful views in Nha Trang are fully booked before the opening day of the Festival

One day before the 10th Nha Trang Sea Festival opened, hotels with beautiful views in the coastal city achieved relatively high room occupancy rates, with some places being fully booked several days in advance.

This year’s Sea Festival attracted visitors by combining artistic light performances with more than 1,653 drones, instead of fireworks like previous festivals. Many tourists from the Western, Southeast, Hanoi and Central Highlands provinces flocked to the coastal city to enjoy this performance.

“I have watched drone performances in China on the small screen, now hearing about Nha Trang performing on the occasion of the Festival, I decided to come and see it with my own eyes,” Ms. Thanh Hoa (living in Long An ) shared.

Hotel with beautiful view and full rooms

The drone performance is high up in the sky, so high-rise hotels with a clear view directly facing April 2 Square will benefit the most from this Festival.

The opening night of the Nha Trang Sea Festival will feature an artistic light show with more than 1,653 drones. Photo: Ginpatin.

According to records, hotels near the festival site all have occupancy rates of over 80%, some of which were fully booked 5 days in advance. A representative of a hotel located opposite April 2 Square said that the hotel's room occupancy rate on opening night (June 3) had reached its peak, with guests booking nearly a week before the opening day. The room occupancy rate on the remaining days was relatively high, approximately 80%.

Hotels located in alleys but with views of drone shows still have quite high occupancy rates. Ms. Tran Lam Phuong, sales manager of Sun Kiss Nha Trang Hotel, said that although the location is disadvantageous, the rooms are new and clean, so tourists come to visit. This festival, Sun Kiss Nha Trang Hotel's occupancy rate reached 75% on the opening day of the festival. Most of the guests come from the Western provinces.

Ms. Phuong added that currently, airfares are still relatively high, so the segment of visitors from the Northern region has decreased. On weekends, visitors from neighboring areas such as Ninh Thuan and Lam Dong mainly travel by road and choose to stay at hotels. During this time, the number of domestic visitors still accounts for the majority, there are visitors but not many.

The occupancy rate of hotels located on the main Tran Phu street but far from April 2 Square has increased slightly. In a quick discussion with reporters, hotels such as Sunrise Nha Trang Beach Hotel & Spa and Comodo Nha Trang all have room occupancy rates of over 60%. Guests are mainly from areas surrounding Nha Trang.

In contrast to hotels with views near April 2 Square, establishments deep in the city center have few guests. “Room occupancy is only about 40%, and there are very few group guests during the Festival. We hope to welcome more individual guests from neighboring provinces to Nha Trang from tomorrow,” said Mr. Cao Huy, owner of a hotel on Hoang Hoa Tham Street.

The survey shows that although it is early summer, coinciding with the holidays, hotel prices have not increased compared to normal days. Some hotels in the 3-5 star segment have slightly increased prices, but in return, tourists are offered many preferential combo services.

“The room occupancy rate from June 2-6 of the facility fluctuates from 50% to 65%. On this occasion, guests staying at the hotel will enjoy many additional incentives, such as daily breakfast, a free tray of grilled seafood, airport pick-up and drop-off by shared car, a 300,000 VND voucher to use the hotel's culinary services, and a 20% discount on spa services,” said Mr. Truong Minh Toan, General Manager of Potique Hotel on Hung Vuong Street.

Many hotels with drone viewing views on the opening night of the Festival are chosen by tourists to book rooms this time. Photo: Xuan Hoat.

Many measures to protect tourists

According to Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism, it is expected that during the 4 official days of the 2023 Sea Festival (June 3-6), the locality will welcome about 100,000 visitors to visit, stay, and experience tourism products.

“To maintain its brand, the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa tourism industry has been focusing on improving the tourism environment, security and safety for tourists. During this Festival, businesses will launch many stimulus programs, discount combos, promotions, and new tours to attract tourists to the locality,” said the leader of the Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism.

The leader of Nha Trang City People's Committee said that due to the forecast of a large number of visitors coming to the city during the Festival, the unit has directed relevant agencies to propagate and remind service businesses to ensure food safety and publicly post prices at business establishments.

Nha Trang City leaders also said that they have sent a document to departments, branches, offices, and People's Committees of communes and wards in the city about creating a QR code to promote city tourism and requesting public posting.

“This activity aims to support and provide essential information for tourists coming to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa and to promptly support and resolve issues arising related to the quality of tourism services, product prices... at tourism service establishments in the area,” said the leader of Nha Trang City People's Committee.

Tourist support center and hotline information located on Tran Phu Street, Nha Trang City. Photo: Xuan Hoat.

Nha Trang City People's Committee requested communes and wards to mobilize and request tourism service businesses in the area to post QR codes introducing Nha Trang and hotline information to support tourists. And, complete posting at each room and suite of accommodation establishments; at reception areas, waiting rooms, elevators, dining tables, and cashiers of food and beverage businesses; add the phone numbers of commune and ward police to businesses in April.

Nha Trang City also recommends that Nha Trang Station post the QR code and hotline information mentioned above at ticket counters and waiting areas of Nha Trang Station; Nha Trang Bay Management Board completes posting at ticket counters and waiting areas at Nha Trang Tourist Wharf.

Nha Trang City also requested the Department of Transport to require owners of tourist transport businesses and taxi services to post QR codes introducing Nha Trang and hotline information to support tourists on cars, taxis, etc.

The leader of Khanh Hoa Province's Department of Tourism also said that the unit has 2 hotline numbers. "The Department of Tourism recommends that if tourists have any concerns about the quality of tourism, they can report them via hotline *2258 and 0947.528.000 of the petition. The authorities will be there within 15 minutes to handle the situation," said the leader.

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