country’s largest tour operator, Saigontourist

HCM City (VNA) – The country’s largest tour operator, Saigontourist Holding
Company, targets 10 percent growth for this year, its general director Nguyen Huu
Tho has said.

Speaking at a company meeting in HCM City on Feb. 3, Tho said Saigontourist
expects to serve 2.15 million domestic and foreign tourists and earn revenues of 9
trillion VND (487.3 million USD) this year.

To achieve the targets, his company would work with airlines, television channels,
and others to strengthen marketing at home and abroad, he said.

It will join hands with hotels and other travel operators to offer a wider range of
tours and work to improve the quality of tourism products and train human resources
to better serve clients, he said.

Saigontourist planned to increase spending in other countries, especially in the US
and Japan, to promote its brand and speed up construction and upgrade of its
numerous hotels in HCM City and other major destinations to increase the number of
luxury rooms to 2,500 by 2013.

Despite the economic difficulties, Saigontourist achieved a turnover of 8.2 trillion
VND (443.9 million USD) last year, an increase of 6.9 percent over 2008, Tho told
the year-end meeting.

It served 2.03 million guests, he said. Due to the global economic downturn.
Vietnam saw only 3.77 million foreign arrivals last year, a 11 percent fall, while
the number coming to HCM City was around 2.52 million, down 7 percent.

Saigontourist’s gross profit was 2.6 trillion VND and it paid more than 930
billion VND to the State budget, he added.-Enditem





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