Regarding the speculation of air tickets and hotel rooms in Con Dao, speaking with a reporter from Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper on the morning of July 19, Mr. Pham Anh Vu, Deputy General Director of Viet Tourism Company, agreed with many opinions about the situation of "holding" hotel rooms and air tickets here during the peak season.
Causing difficulties for both tourists and tourism businesses
"This situation has caused difficulties for both tourists and tourism businesses. Con Dao is also a spiritual destination, attracting a large number of pilgrims on holidays and full moon days.
The supply of airline tickets (few airlines provide them) and the number of rooms are still limited compared to the demand during the peak season. This causes some individuals or non-tourism units to hold onto tickets and rooms to sell at high prices. Service prices are pushed up abnormally, making it difficult for tourists to book services, negatively affecting the image of Con Dao tourism" - Mr. Vu stated.
From the business perspective, the representative of Viet Tourism also expressed difficulties with this unstable price situation. There was even a time when, although the airline tickets booked by the company for the whole season were still available, there were no rooms to sell the package tour to the group of guests due to the high price.
Passengers on the flight to Con Dao
"There should be stricter management measures for listing room prices and strictly handling speculation and hoarding. In addition, there should be more policies to encourage high-speed ferry routes to Con Dao to reduce pressure on air routes during peak season," Mr. Pham Anh Vu proposed.
From another perspective, Mr. Pham Quy Huy, Director of Kiwi Travel Company, said that it is true that hotel room prices and airline tickets increase during holidays and Tet compared to normal days when demand is high. However, speculation and price hikes in hotel rooms and airline tickets may only occur in a few isolated cases and are not very common.
"Airlines' policies on changing names, flight dates or booking reservations are also much stricter than before. At the same time, visitors to Con Dao mainly go back and forth on the same day for pilgrimage, except for group visitors on 3-day, 2-night tours like some companies are exploiting, so accommodation in Con Dao is not too stressful on normal days" - Mr. Huy expressed his opinion.
How much is the hotel room and plane ticket?
According to the Lao Dong Newspaper, the airfare to Con Dao from Ho Chi Minh City on weekends in July is being sold by Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet for about 1.7 - 1.9 million VND/one way; the return fare is doubled to about 3.3 million VND/one way. If the return fare is on a weekday, the average price is about 1.7 - 1.8 million VND/one way.
Hotel room rates in Con Dao range from 2-4 stars in July, from 1-3 million VND/room/night; if staying at a resort, the price will be higher.
Previously, as reported by Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, at the dialogue conference between tourism businesses and the Ho Chi Minh City government, held on the afternoon of July 18, Mr. Ngo Tuan Tu, Director of Amadive Tourism Services Company Limited, reflected that as a business operating in Con Dao, he noticed that there was speculation about air tickets and hotel rooms at this destination. As a result, tourists had to buy at very high prices or on holidays, the number of visitors was not as high as expected.
Airfare from Ho Chi Minh City to Con Dao in July 2025
Responding to complaints from businesses, a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said that the occupancy rate of hotels and resorts in Con Dao recently was only about 35-40%. Therefore, speculation on hotel rooms and airfares can occur on online platforms.
To solve the above situation, in the coming time, the Department of Tourism will deploy solutions with units, strengthen management, require information transparency by building a database and a specialized tourism management page; statistics on the actual number of rooms, capacity and public prices for each segment, manage price declaration for units. At the same time, propagate to accommodation establishments about posting room prices, as well as inspect and strictly handle violations.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/thuc-hu-chuyen-dau-co-giu-phong-khach-san-ve-may-bay-o-con-dao-196250719112807914.htm
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