According to tourism businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, many tourists choose inner-city tours during the 2025 New Year. In addition, the destinations that tourists prioritize during this year's holiday are neighboring localities in the Southeast region and the Mekong Delta.
Enterprises also continue to deploy more than 100 attractive and diverse tourism products in the city associated with typical tourism products of Thu Duc City and 21 districts, tours linking localities; traditional tours; community tours, eco-tourism, resort tourism... At the same time, new products are exploited such as waterway tourism, night tourism.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said that the program to visit the War Zone Moon at the Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Site contributes to increasing the attractiveness of the cultural and historical tourism segment and the night-time economic model; community tourism on Thieng Lieng Island is increasingly improving the quality of services, enhancing the experience for tourists.
New waterway tourism products are also widely chosen by domestic and international tourists, especially tours that take tourists to enjoy the city by double-decker boat.
According to Mr. Nguyen Kim Toan - Director of Thuong Nhat Company - the river bus operator, the demand for entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing of Ho Chi Minh City from river buses during the New Year is very high. This shows that this is a positive signal for river buses as well as waterway tourism in the city in the coming time.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism assessed that 2025 will be a breakthrough year for the city's tourism with new, rich and diverse tourism products, from cultural tourism to discovery and resort tourism activities. From the positive results during the 2025 New Year, the city's tourism industry is making efforts to invest and improve the quality of inner-city tour products to extend the length of stay and enhance the experience for visitors.
The highlight of Ho Chi Minh City tourism during Tet this year is the modern infrastructure projects put into operation such as Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien), river bus route... These are the factors that attract the experience of city residents, domestic and foreign tourists.
According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, on the occasion of New Year 2025, the number of visitors to tourist and entertainment areas is estimated at about 750,000; international visitors to the city are estimated at about 41,215. Guests staying at accommodation facilities are estimated at about 135,000. Room occupancy is estimated at about 83%. Tourism revenue is estimated at about 2,013 billion VND.
Based on the growth momentum of 2024, Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry aims to welcome 8.5 million international visitors in 2025 (an increase of more than 40%), about 45 million domestic tourists; total revenue from tourism is estimated at VND 260,000 billion (an increase of 37%).
