In order to meet the travel needs of peopleduring the holidays on April 30, May 1, this year, transport enterprises andthe railway industry all have plans to increase their vehicles and increasetrains on the Ho Chi Minh City - Tuy Hoa route and vice versa. Besides, thework of ensuring traffic safety is also paid special attention to the branchesand localities.
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Tickets are no longer stressful on the occasion of April 30, May 1 this year |
This year, April 30, May 1 occasion will be 5 days off, so manypeople plan to go home for holiday or go out. Therefore, the travel demand ofpeople on all levels is high; In which, Ho Chi Minh City - Tuy Hoa route andvice versa will be increased the most.
According to Tuy Hoa Railway Transport and General ServicesBusiness Center, to meet the travel needs of passengers on April 30, May 1, inaddition to the existing trains, Transport Joint Stock Company Saigon railwayruns 87 more trips from Saigon to Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, Quang Ngai,Hanoi, and vice versa; Nha Trang to Hue and vice versa. The pairs will operatefrom 25 / 4-5 / 5 with about 43,500 seats.
Not only the railway industry, transport enterprises in theprovince also actively increased the number of vehicles in the holidays.According to the car centers, in order to give passengers the best serviceduring this holiday, they have taken up the plan, fully prepared the team ofdrivers and drivers to ensure the increase. The ticket has been sold by the cardealers. The amount of tickets is still quite a lot. As usual, tickets for theholiday this year increased by about 40% compared to weekdays to make up forthe empty cars. In addition to ships and cars, many people now choose to travelquickly even though airlines do not sell cheap tickets on the peak of holidays.Therefore, some airlines also actively increase flights.
There are many types of transport that help people not feel toostressful when they need to travel during the holidays. Mr. Nguyen Van Bao inSong Hinh district, said: Every long holiday, Ho Chi Minh - Tuy Hoa route oftenhappens "sold out". This year alone, I saw that the tickets were notvery stressful. I just bought a ticket for my 4 brother's family members toreturn to homeland on this occasion.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tri, Director of the Department of Traffic andTransport, Deputy Standing Committee of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee,said: On the occasion of April 30, May 1, the number of vehicles whichparticipate in traffic increased dramatically. The risk of congestion andtraffic accidents on highways is always high. Provincial Traffic SafetyCommittee has implemented many measures on passenger transport, ensuringtransport infrastructure as well as strengthening patrol and control; limitedto the lowest level of particularly serious traffic accidents. Accordingly,units and localities will strengthen implementation of solutions to improvecapacity, ensure safety and quality of passenger transport services; to meetthe increasing transportation demand during the holidays at tourist sites, amusementparks and so on.
According to Mr. Tri, Department of Transportation andCommunication is also working closely with People's Committees at district andcommune levels in dealing with violations of regulations on illegal use,exploitation and construction within the reserved land area for roads in theprovince; promptly detect and strictly handle violations. The ProvincialTraffic Safety Committee has instructed localities to organize people'scommitments not to encroach on, use road safety corridors and closely monitorthis situation.
Source: Phu Yen Newspaper
Translated by HAI LOAN