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Visitors to the bus station collapsed due to the translation of Covid-19
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation (Transportation) issued a plan to celebrate the National Day on September 2. The Department of Transportation recommends that its affiliated units closely monitor the instructions on the Covid-19 epidemic, assess and forecast the travel needs of people to develop plans to serve passengers and transport goods. Be safe, smooth and convenient.
The Public Transportation Management Center coordinates with bus transportation operators to have a contingency plan to dispatch more buses to respond to fluctuations at the request of the Department of Transportation when necessary.
Visitors to Mien Dong Bus Station are forecast to decline dramatically during the National Day holiday on September 2 this year.
In addition, to ensure traffic safety during the holidays, the functional units will coordinate to deploy, inspect and control the traffic in key areas such as Tan Son Nhat airport, Sai station. Saigon, intercity bus stations, ports, ferries, tunnels through the Saigon river …
Strengthen the control of compliance with the regulations on interprovincial and intraprovincial passenger transport and declare and list rates in accordance with the regulations.
Currently, the Department of Transportation has also announced to suspend the construction of the works that have organized the excavation of roads and sidewalks in the area of road infrastructure in the area for two days from September 1 to 2.
The ticket counter at Mien Dong bus station has very few customers
Regarding the traffic situation, at Mien Dong Bus Station and West Bus Station, a sharp drop is expected on the National Day holiday on September 2 this year. This may be the second time of the year when the 2 largest bus stations in Ho Chi Minh City “fail” so many customers due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic.
At the West bus station, this unit said that it predicted that the number of passengers going to the provinces will decrease dramatically during the holidays this year due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
The maximum number of travelers is expected to decrease on September 1, possibly reaching 18,000 to 20,000 passengers / day. In two days, from September 1 to 2, the number of cars leaving the station is expected to be about 1,800, with more than 34,700 passengers. However, the Western Bus Station forecasts that these holidays will continue to decrease by 50-55% compared to last year.
Regarding ticket sales, the Oeste bus station sells tickets from 3:30 am to 10 pm for transport units that trust the ticket sales station, for transport units that sell tickets by themselves same 24/24.
Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of tourists traveling during the holidays dropped dramatically
The number of visitors on vacation is no different than on normal days.
As for the representative from the Mien Dong bus station, due to the epidemic, the routes are now quite empty. National Day September 2 is expected to not be crowded compared to the same period last year because the holiday is mid-week and is affected by translation, so passengers will limit travel.
According to the Mien Dong bus station, the number of passengers is expected to reach just over 40% during the same period.
Cars cut ticket prices to stimulate the National Day holiday
Recognition of the fact that the car carries passengers to the central provinces and the Central Highlands during this festive season is also boring. This year may be the first year that these workshops not only did not increase ticket prices, but also reduced between 5% and 10% to stimulate demand due to customers being too “low”.
The image in front of the Mien Dong bus station is no longer as bustling as last year’s holidays.
Specifically, some cars returning from Ho Chi Minh City – Binh Dinh are mostly empty seats, not as crowded as last year’s holidays. Mr. Nguyen Minh (from Binh Dinh) took advantage of the National Day holiday, in the morning he called to reserve a car to go in the afternoon and still had tickets. When I got on the bus, I was even more surprised when there was still more space and the garage also reduced the price from 330,000 VND to 300,000 VND / ticket.
Some bus houses on the HCMC – Binh Dinh route said that due to epidemics and holidays falling in the middle of the week, few customers return home.
Bus trips to some central provinces are also quite empty due to the epidemic.
“From the beginning of the year until now, when the translation appeared, there were very few customers, even one day he had to stop running because there were not enough customers, then he gathered enough new customers to dare to run because if the car does not work, it costs money in gasoline, highway rates. , … The National Day holiday this year is no different from a normal day, to wait for guests we have to reduce the rate “, The representative of the bus station of the HCMC – Binh Dinh route shared.
Some garages have to cut rates even though the holiday season is the time to stimulate demand
According to this garage, the route from Ho Chi Minh City to the central provinces such as Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Quang Ngai often has a lot of visitors during the holidays, but this year it is bad. Last year, most garages increased cars to serve customers, but this year they stayed the same, even reducing the number of cars due to the absence of passengers.
The garage said they have to make up for the loss to hold out until the end of the year and wait for the New Year.
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