Từ khóa: #Waterway tourism

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday held a conference on the development of passenger transport combined with waterway tourism under the chair of Deputy Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong. 

Waterway tourism is one of the new products that HCMC is promoting in order to facilitate recovery of its tourism industry. 

From the beginning of the year to the present, more than 262,000 international tourists visited HCMC, up 100 percent compared to the same period last year. While the number of domestic travelers was over two million, presenting a year-on-year increase of 108 percent. A wide range of different tourist products is launched, including waterway tours.

Continuing a working visit to Thailand, the high ranking delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by the permanent deputy secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, Tran Luu Quang met the local government of Bangkok on November 25 to gain experience in flood control and urban planning, the development of waterway tourism and urban night tourism.

A seminar on developing waterway tourism products was held in HCMC on July 5.