Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, inconjunction with the municipal Tourism Association and Vietnam Airlines,held a ceremony on December 24 to welcome the 4 millionth foreignvisitor, a Japanese, to the city.
YamamotoShoichi, a first-timer to the city, expressed his hope that with theattention from the municipal authorities, the tourism sector willcontinue developing and attracting more tourists from around the world.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Centre forTourism Promotion, Japan is among the three leading markets of thecity’s tourism sector with an annual average growth of 10 percent.
The city expects to welcome 345,000 Japanese in 2013.
The sector has conducted many activities to promote its image inJapan. It plans to coordinate with other cities in the lower Mekongregion to hold tourism promotion activities in Tokyo.-VNA