Since Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Duong (old) merged into Ho Chi Minh City, the concept of intra-provincial tourism has increasingly attracted the attention and choice of many people. With advantages in geography, transport infrastructure and landscape diversity, Ho Chi Minh City has great opportunities to develop the tourism market right in the city.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism stated that with a population of more than 14 million people, Ho Chi Minh City has just become the largest intra-provincial tourism market in the country, not only in terms of quantity but also in terms of demand differentiation.
Young people tend to look for short-term tours, weekends, night city tours or sports and music events. Young families prioritize experiences close to nature, education, traditional craft villages and entertainment spaces for children.
Middle-aged and elderly people prefer to travel to beach resorts, take care of their health or explore cultural and spiritual relics.
"Just a short trip, I was able to go to the beach, breathe fresh air and eat fresh seafood right at Phuoc Hai fishing village" - Ms. Trang Thy (Phu Lam ward, Ho Chi Minh City) shared about her weekend trip in Ho Chi Minh City.
The business sector, schools, unions... also create a stable source of visitors all year round with the need to organize conferences, team building, thematic surveys, academic tourism or resorts combined with training.
These groups of visitors create favorable conditions to develop tourism products according to a thematic model, by region and by time of week.
Along with that, the transport infrastructure is increasingly improved with inter-regional expressways, waterway networks and connecting axes from the center to the coastal areas - islands. Thanks to that, half-day, 1-day or 2-day 1-night tourism products are becoming more and more flexible, more accessible and suitable for the trend of short holidays but high-quality requirements of modern urban residents.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said that the city is gradually completing the domestic destination chain, diversifying experiences, developing separate promotional programs for people and encouraging daily tourism models. This is not only an industry development strategy, but also a way to make the city more lively, easier to explore and closer every day.
