Each district has a unique tourism product.
In December 2024, two tourism products linking 4 districts in Ho Chi Minh City were launched: the "Journey to the roots" tour and the "Green tourism - exploring the garden in the heart of the city" tour. These products aim to promote and introduce to tourists the cultural characteristics, land, people, and history of the "Go Mon" area including District 12, Go Vap, Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts.
Ms. Vo Thi Chinh - Vice Chairman of District 12 People's Committee - commented that the tour program linking 4 districts aims to diversify tourism products, connect tourist destinations in the direction of improving service quality and cultural values. From there, it contributes to increasing the competitiveness of tourism products and services.
According to Ms. Hoang Thi Thuy Phuong - Deputy Chief Inspector of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, this is the first cluster of linked products of the city's tourism industry, under the program "Each district has a unique tourism product". These tourism products not only attract domestic tourists but also spread the cultural values of Ho Chi Minh City to international friends.
Each district has a unique tourism product in the development orientation of the city's tourism industry from 2022 to present. This is considered the key and driving force to increase the attractiveness of Ho Chi Minh City as a destination.
Along with each locality, tourism businesses also coordinate, build and invest in improving the quality of many tourism products for each district or inner-city tourism such as the tour "District 1 - Night Colors", the tour "Go to District 10 to listen to stories of Oriental medicine"...
Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran The Dung - General Director of Vietluxtour Company - said that the company has developed many typical inner-city tours of Ho Chi Minh City and has been highly appreciated by tourists. "Previously, inner-city tours were mainly sold to international visitors. However, in recent years, more and more Vietnamese tourists have been interested in and appreciated these products. This is a positive signal for the tourism industry of Ho Chi Minh City" - Mr. The Dung assessed.
Need a "conductor"
From the positive reviews of tourists for Ho Chi Minh City's tourism products, especially experiencing the city's typical features such as streets, rivers, museums as well as infrastructure and quality restaurants, Mr. Pham Anh Vu - Communications Director of Viet Tourism Joint Stock Company - stated that the first thing to promote inner-city tours as well as the city's typical tours is that the local tourism management agency needs to play the role of "conductor".
“HCMC has many tours and tourism products. Therefore, we need to link these products to best meet the needs of tourists,” Mr. Anh Vu told Lao Dong Newspaper. At the same time, localities and travel agencies need to develop more themed tour products based on the characteristics of HCMC such as cultural, artistic and culinary experiences. Continue to promote through annual events such as festivals to create a “buzz” for the city’s tourism.
According to Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu - Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, the city's tourism industry is striving to build unique products so that visitors to Ho Chi Minh City can explore an Eastern city that is on the path of modernization and integration, but still retains its own identity. At the same time, it is building a favorable and safe environment for visitors to Ho Chi Minh City. These are aimed at the vision of making Ho Chi Minh City a leading vibrant tourist city in Asia - where visitors can experience the unique values of cultural heritage and lifestyle in a smart city, bringing excitement to every journey.
Locate Ho Chi Minh City destination on world map
In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry received many prestigious international awards such as Asia's Leading Business Travel Destination, Asia's Leading Festival and Event Destination, Asia's Leading Incentive Travel Destination... These important awards, along with promotional activities abroad, have brought the city's tourism image to the world, and increasingly improved the positioning of Ho Chi Minh City on the world map.
(Posted on the special edition of Lao Dong Xuan At Ty)
