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Dec 5, 2011

Eager to watch the snow in Sapa Vietnam

(Am 16.03.2011), small particles of snow suddenly fell on the city of Sapa Vietnam and some communes of Bat Xat district - Lao Cai. The weather is strange that many visitors from around the cross, especially the young, eager to show Sapa pulled back, hoping to see snow.
At Hanoi station two days, train Hanoi - Lao Cai always packed passengers. Ms Phung Thi Ly Ha - Ha Noi deputy chief of station said: Since the New Year, day Hanoi - Lao Cai is also crowded. Especially these days, with snow in Sapa reinforces the attractiveness of this land. According to Ms. Ha, this weekend, visitors to register to buy tickets to Sapa, "the city in the mist", a significant increase but still not happening state "fire" ticket. 


Currently, hard-seat Hanoi to Lao Cai to sell for 114,000 VND / ticket, while seated tickets are soft and the seats are 140,000 depending on location from price from 165,000 to 230,000 VND / ticket.
According to his Vietnamese Hoang (indigenous people of Sapa): In two days of snow, the Vietnamese in Lao Cai Sapa see a large flock. The rent car, car call from the top O Quy Ho pass moments to enjoy the snow fullest. However, many people were disappointed back because the next day, the weather in Sapa to rain and no snow.

After the "event" of snow, many young people eager to Sapa Vietnam in the hope of good fortune once to see snow. 


Although visitors are not overloaded as predicted by the original song recorded by VNA reporters, the status of "team reviews" at hotels, guest houses large and small, Sapa still occur. Double room at the average hotel in Sapa at this time if the day usually costs around 390,000 VND / room, recent days have increased by 5%.
At the tour company, weather snow does not seem to affect many of our customers as well as planned, pre-determined schedule. Most travel companies are organizing tours to Sapa program prepared in advance and not "run" the phenomenon of snow.
In addition to the tour in the plan, representatives of the Hanoi Tourism Company Redtours said: "From here last week without any delegation to the Sapa again. Audience they want to see snow often travel in groups themselves not go through the tour company. " 


Agreeing with the point of view, Nguyen Cuong - A tour operator in Viet Travel (042 Cau May, Sapa) said: The tour to Sapa largely already in place, retail customers to play mainly on holidays last week and the destination is the town of Bac Ha - a beautiful town and national identity intact with the Northwest market situation known.
Is no exception to the comments on Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai, director of external affairs of Fiditour said: "tour of our journey rarely run on the weather, there reasonable union is blessed with some coincidence, the right days with snow than usual, the number of guests must be over 10 people can be organized tour. Moreover, before the company must be prepared to plan and schedule specific, clearly, could not walk spontaneously and without preparation. "
In addition, according to Ms. Mai, who went to Sapa Vietnam in 1-2 days past most of these young people interested in exploring that those who like to explore usually go "bush", not like spontaneous travel retail in a group, take the tour schedule fixed in advance.

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