Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong: ‘Discount on a 5-star hotel is better than giving up’ | News



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Retail sales of consumer goods and services in October 2020 decreased 5% over the same period. In particular, under the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, in the first 10 months of 2020, Ho Chi Minh City received only 1.3 million international visitors, a decrease of more than 81% during the same period, generating revenue. For tourism. 45.4% discount.
Phong cited a typical number of 5-star hotels, including hotels run by the Saigon Tourism Corporation, which used to operate 70-80% of room capacity to serve staying guests, but due to to influence. The translation of Covid-19 leads to a significant reduction in capacity, sometimes only 3%.

The chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee acknowledged that the epidemic situation was still complicated and that Ho Chi Minh City could not be opened to foreign visitors, so the tourism industry would still face many difficulties. Therefore, to access and exploit domestic tourism through the available infrastructure, Saigon Tourism Corporation needs to consider a plan to reduce room rental rates in 5-star hotels to solve problems. for companies, while stimulating national tourism demand.

“For example, a room in a 5-star hotel for rent at a price of 400 USD will be reduced to 100 USD or 70 – 80 USD is better than leaving nothing. Instead of both the absence of guests and the cost of cleaning hotel rooms, companies apply the form of discounts to give themselves the opportunity to remove the difficulties and stimulate tourism demand, ”said Phong.

In October, Ho Chi Minh City had more than 29,500 businesses dissolved and suspended; But also during this period, there were almost 33,500 newly established companies.



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