HCM City People’s Committee recently issues a plan for the development of waterway tourism products in the 2023-2025 period with an aim to attract more tourists (Photo: sggp.org.vn)The figure represents a year-on-year rise of 62.7%, and isequivalent to 50.5% of the yearly target.
According to the municipal Department of Tourism, in theJanuary-June period, the country's biggest metropolis served over 1.9 million foreign tourists, up 306%year-on-year, but equal to only 38.8% of the yearly target.
The city is organising a wide range of activities, with an aimto attract more tourists, especially foreigners, to increase the revenue.
Foreign tourists take a tour around HCM City (Photo: VNA)The three-day festival aimed at preserving andpromoting the city’s culture and history, and make use of its waterways toboost the economy and tourism in order to build the city’s brand as aculturally rich riverside urban area.
Recently, the municipal People’s Committee also issued aplan for the development of waterway tourism products in the 2023-2025 period. By 2025, it aims to develop at least 10 waterway tours andwaterway tour programmes linking seaports and river routes.
The number of international cruise ship tourists arriving inthe city will be 100,000 in 2023 and 2024, and rise 12-15% in the followingyears.
In the 2023-24 period, the city’s cruise industry isexpected to hit 500 billion VND (21 million USD) per year in revenue, andincrease by 12% in the following years./.
VNA
