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| FIFA has authorised several agencies as ticket retailers in Southeast Asia. Buyers can avoid fake tickets by purchasing at these agencies. Photo laodong.vn |
Viet Nam News
HCM CITY — Many Vietnamese football fans are spending up to VND100 million (US$4,400) for tours to Russia to watch the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018.
As of the end of April, tours for the event were nearly all booked at tourism agencies. The tours sold more quickly than those during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, mostly because flight schedules to Russia are more convenient, Dang Thanh Tung, director of Neworld Travel, was quoted as saying by Lao Dong newspaper.
Nguyen Thanh Trang, an executive at Viet Nam Travel, said the tours had attracted a large number of travellers partly because the Russian Embassy in Viet Nam had eased visa formalities. A tour costs VND70 million (US$3,100) on average for an eight-day trip, excluding football tickets.
A sales agent for Vietravel, a local ticket distributor for FIFA, said the tour price varies between VND74 million and VND80 million. VYC Travel is selling a Viet Nam-Russia tour for VND68 million- VND80 million, while Saigontourist is offering tours of VND79.9 million. These are still available.
FIFA has authorised several agencies as ticket retailers in Southeast Asia. Buyers can avoid fake tickets by purchasing at these agencies. They will receive a verified code called FanID, which is considered equivalent to a visa for Russia. They can also use public vehicles for free during the event by showing their FanID. — VNS
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