From now until the end of the year, numerous airlines, travel agencies, and shopping centers in Ho Chi Minh City are actively offering a range of discounts and attractive deals.
Vietnam welcomed nearly 5.6 million international visitors in the first half of this year, accounting for 66% of the figure the country recorded in 2019 before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic
Vietnamese agricultural products are being sold a lot in commercial centers, supermarkets, and convenience stores in the country and exported to European countries, the US, and Japan.
Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai said that Ho Chi Minh City wishes to promote cooperation with Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province.
A Marshall Islands-flagged cruise ship carrying 637 foreign passengers on March 1 arrived in the resort Nha Trang city in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.
Total revenue from tourism in the first two months of 2023 reached VND4,700 billion (US$197.4 million), amounting to 2.2 times the number during the same period last year, announced the General Statistics Office.
According to statistics, the number of international visitors to Vietnam in 2022 reached 3.66 million. Of which, visitors arriving by air were 3.27 million, accounting for 89.5 percent of the total foreign tourists.
Since the beginning of the year, Vietnam has welcomed over 2.2 million international visitors, with Ho Chi Minh City alone welcoming more than 2 million foreign visitors. However, compared to some countries, such as Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia, which have received over 7.56 million, 3.74 million, and 4.5 million arrivals, respectively, Vietnam's tourism recovery rate is still slow. Businesses and many management agencies explained that one of the reasons is the less attractive visa policies.
Ms. Huynh Phan Phuong Hoang, Deputy General Director of Vietravel Company, recommended the city have the policy to support travel companies; for instance, the city needs to take heeds of day and night tourism in addition to synchronous development of night economy products to retain international holiday-makers staying in Ho Chi Minh City longer.
Statistics from travel businesses in Ho Chi Minh City show that the travel demand of tourist groups is increasing sharply while the southern largest city is also preparing to welcome many international visitors under MICE program (meetings, incentives, conferences, and events) by the end of this year.
Today, the Saigon Tourism Corporation (Saigontourist Group) and the Phu My Hung Development Company jointly inaugurated and put into operation exhibition hall B of the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7, after more than two years of construction. Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Thi Thang attended and pressed the inauguration button.
Under the pilot period of welcoming international tourists who hold vaccine passports from November 2021 to March 14, 2022, the coastal province and city of Khanh Hoa and Phu Quoc (Kien Giang Province) received numerous travelers from Russia, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Malaysia, notably Khanh Hoa Province recorded over 10,000 arrivals.
Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport welcomed the first international commercial flight on March 15 morning after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The HCMC Department of Tourism received many opinions from experts and travel agencies at a seminar on collecting measures attracting international visitors to HCMC in 2022 that was held on March 3.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism announced at a conference to review Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry in 2021 and implement orientations and key tasks in 2022 that the southern metropolis is expected to welcome 3.5 million international visitors.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged provinces and cities to accelerate the safe and equitable administration of Covid vaccines for the safe admission of international visitors.