According to the municipal Department of Tourism, digital transformation and the development of smart tourism are not just trends but crucial breakthroughs that enhance competitiveness and ensure sustainable development. From a service delivery perspective, applying technology will help create more attractive tourism products, improving visitor convenience when accessing services such as accommodation, shopping, and tours.
Ho Chi Minh City is focusing on building unique tourism products to optimise its resources for the development of the smoke-free industry in the post-pandemic period.
The “City by the green river” tour, which has been introduced recently in Ho Chi Minh City, is an attractive option for visitors to the city during the opening days of the new year.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism and the HCM City Tourism Association have launched a tourism programmes aiming to give free city tours to 5,000 orphans and disabled children, poor households and policy beneficiaries from 24 districts.
Vietnam’s southern city Ho Chi Minh City has claimed a place on UK travel website Culture Trip’s list of the 12 best cities for culture in the world in 2019.
The number of international arrivals in Ho Chi Minh City has to date this year reached 3.18 million, up 32 percent from last year and meeting 42.4 percent of the yearly target.
Average hotel occupancy rate in Ho Chi Minh City reached 74 percent in the first quarter, increasing by 6 percentage points from the same period last year.
