A corner of HCM City (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s southern city HoChi Minh City has claimed a place on UK travel website Culture Trip’s list ofthe 12best cities for culture in the world in 2019.
The 12 destinations on the shortlist are chosen based on an analysis ofcities that have seen the highest growth in millennial interest on the CultureTrip site and app and a survey of 300 of the company’s local creators, who arebased around the globe.
Rankedfourth, Ho Chi Minh City is described as an affordable destination with abuzzing cultural scene to match, making it perfect for cash-strapped millennialtravellers. “A booming economy has brought a roaring energy to the city,palpable as soon as you leave the airport, and that energy increases as soon asyou try ‘ca phe da’ (iced Vietnamese coffee), a jolt of caffeine and sugar likeno other,” the site wrote.
Italso recommended travellers meander around the city’s neighbourhoods and hiddenalleyways in search of street food and displays of public art.
Thefirst three places on the list were Oaxaca City (Mexico), Porto (Portugal), andAustin (US).
FollowingHCM City are Cape Town (South Africa), Lima (Peru), Tokyo (Japan), Istanbul(Turkey), Budapest (Hungary), and Marrakech (Morocco).
FormerlySaigon, Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. It welcomed over 7million foreign visitors in 2018. The local tourism sector has been growing ataround 15 percent each year over recent years.
The city set a target to expand tourism growth of between15-20 percent and serve about 8-8.5 million foreign holiday makers in 2019.
To draw more tourists to the city, the localtourism sector has paid attention to improving the quality of human resourcesin the field, enhancing tourism promotion activities, promoting technologyapplication in tourism management and developing new products.-VNA
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