The city’s tourism sector began to prosper following the Government’s decision to reopen borders and welcome international visitors from March 15, 2022.
It welcomed nearly 3.5 million foreign visitors last year and over 31.5 million domestic travellers.
Total tourism revenue exceeded 130 trillion VND (equivalent to over 5.5 billion USD) for the year.
Despite this recovery and the city proving to be among the most popular destinations nationwide, there remain a host of concerns.
Despite these obstacles, HCM City is maximising efforts to recover the international tourist market.
The city is focusing on investment to create new tourism offerings, upgrade tour packages, and promote tourism activities.
Though the tourism sector failed to reach its goals in 2022, results were still much more positive than in the previous year.
HCM City expects to welcome 5 million international visitors this year.
Though this goal is relatively modest compared to pre-pandemic levels, the local tourism sector is working to improve entry and visa policies as well as air and road transport links, and to promote tourism activities to welcome back a large number of foreign holidaymakers./.
