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AirBnB Reservations (a template to connect travelers and people who rent their
space) recorded an increase by reaching some 16 thousand rooms in the
Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, according to the latest
conducted by Grant Thornton Audit and Board of the Company.
AirBnB allows space owners
underused to share with travelers, that is, to offer a room
or a house temporarily. This is a relatively new market in Vietnam and is suitable for
Small families, said the same source.
The 2018 report marks the fifteenth
consecutive year in which the American company conducts research on
hotels and resorts, with a focus on four and five hotels
stars in Vietnam.
According to the survey, the average
a room in a four-star hotel continued to grow from one
hundred to $ 75.2 last year, waiting for the five-star
have recovered after the decline in 2016 to reach $ 107.6 a
increase of 4.2%.
In addition, income per room
available (RevPar) continued to increase in both categories
respectively 7.6% and 10.2% in
four and five stars.
The survey also indicated that tourists
who travel in a group account for 60 percent of the guests in the
Luxury hotels and the number of business travelers increased by 0.5%.
Travel Agencies and Operators
Tourism remains the largest booking chain for four hotels and
five stars (the highest category), which represents 33% of
booking When booking through the online tourist agent (OTA)
recorded an increase of only one percent.
Principal Consultant Grant Thornton
Vietnam, Trinh Kim Dung, said that in 2017, there was an increase in the number of
hotels that use digital technology in their businesses.
About 90% of the sector's installations
believes that the integration of digital technology into hotel services
will change the sector market in Vietnam and more and more units will use this
technology in the near future.
When badessing the potential of
tourism development of Indochinese country, Kenneth Atkinson, president of Grant
Thornton Vietnam said the Hanoi government is implementing policies aimed at
and expressed the belief that the smoke-free industry will continue to grow at an accelerated pace.
According to the statistics of the Administration
National Tourism, in 2017, the Indo-Chinese country had more than 25 600
accommodation establishments totaling 508,000 rooms,
increase of more than seven percent compared to 2016. Of this amount, more
of 880 establishments are three and five stars, with a total of 104 thousand
bedrooms.
According to the World Tourism Organization
(OMT), Vietnam is the sixth fastest growing country in the world and the most agile in Asia as a tourist destination.
Official data indicate that this nation
welcomed last year some 86 million vacationers,
for a 19% rebound from 2016. -VNA
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