Most travel companies with room funds for the September 2 holiday in Sa Pa have sold out due to high customer demand.

According to the Department of Culture and Information of Sa Pa town, the number of visitors from September 1 to September 4 is estimated at 75,000. Room occupancy at the center is estimated at 90% and at community tourism sites at 70%. Specifically, September 1 and September 2 are the busiest times, with an estimated 25,000-30,000 visitors per day. The remaining two days of the holiday are estimated to reach 8,000-10,000 visitors per day.

Many travel companies consider Sa Pa to be a highly stable destination and will soon run out of rooms for the September 2 holiday. This destination has many travel experiences, suitable for a variety of ages, and is easy to travel by car or motorbike. Therefore, it is unlikely that there will be a shortage of rooms during the holidays in Sa Pa.

Bui Quyet, administrator of the Sa Pa tourism community with more than 620,000 members, said he had booked about 300 room nights (number of nights of stay) in advance to get good prices for members. Decided to mainly book 3-star segment rooms, 4-5 star segment accounts for 20%. As of 9:00 a.m. on August 30, he had sold all 300 room nights he had purchased.

"Sa Pa is always the most stable tourist destination in the Northern region," he commented. This administrator added that according to information from the tourism network in Sa Pa, the number of visitors on September 2 this year could reach 90% compared to before the epidemic.

Ms. Hoang Tuyet, Director of Top One Travel, specializing in selling retail travel services, said she bought about 30 room nights on September 2. The room fund in Sa Pa accounts for 40% of the company's total room fund. Ms. Tuyet did not "hug" too much due to concerns about the stormy situation on September 2 like previous years.

Currently, the company has sold 90% of its room fund in Sa Pa. According to Ms. Tuyet, customer interest in Sa Pa is still very high, so selling rooms is not difficult at all, expected to be completed soon before the holiday season.

According to data on August 31 of the Mustgo booking platform with 2,000 hotel partners nationwide, Sa Pa is the destination most customers choose to book rooms in the September 2nd period. The 3- and 4-star segments have room occupancy (the ratio between the number of successfully sold rooms and the number of available rooms) reaching 100% from September 1 to September 3. The 5-star segment ran out of rooms on September 1 and September 2. On September 3, only low-class rooms were sold out.

A representative of the 5-star Hotel de la Coupole MGallery confirmed that as of the morning of September 1, room occupancy for the two nights of September 1 and September 2 reached 90%. However, on September 3 and September 4, this index was at 50%.

A representative of a travel agency in Hanoi said tourists still tend to tighten their spending. Most destinations near Sa Pa will be a priority for tourists. On the other hand, the fact that Sa Pa runs out of rooms during the holidays is completely understandable because the area of ​​this tourist destination is small and the capacity is limited. Therefore, just during peak periods, it is not difficult for Sa Pa to be full of customers.