Walking around Ben Thanh market (District 1, HCMC), Mr. Romego (a Spanish tourist) felt excited with the stalls selling clothes, candy, coffee... This tourist also bought many local specialties at reasonable prices.
"I was also introduced to the Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Site with underground tunnels. I think the experience is very different from other tourist attractions. I plan to register for this tour this weekend," Romego excitedly shared.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has many tours specific to each district so that tourists have many options, including both day and night trips. At the same time, localities and destinations also promote themselves and launch many incentive programs to attract tourists.
Recently, the People's Committee of District 10 coordinated with Penguin Travel Company to introduce an inter-district tour, including Districts 1, 3, 10, called "Saigon Special Forces - Legendary Basements". Previously, 2 tourism products linking 4 districts including District 12, Go Vap, Hoc Mon and Cu Chi were also launched, namely the tour "Journey to the roots" and the tour "Green tourism - exploring the garden in the heart of the city".
Commenting on the development potential of the inner-city product line of Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Tran The Dung - General Director of Vietluxtour Company said that the city has a lot of potential for development in culture, history and cuisine. From there, businesses and localities can design, build and develop inner-city tours with many different themes.
Besides, the city also has the advantage to develop inter-city and inter-city tours, such as Ho Chi Minh City - Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City - Tay Ninh, which are attractive to international tourists, especially those who do not have much time but want to experience many attractions in one journey.
"To develop inner-city tourism, especially night tourism, the tourism industry needs to promote investment, research and develop diverse tourism products, suitable for different customer segments, to meet all the needs of tourists" - Mr. The Dung told Lao Dong Newspaper.
Besides, promoting and marketing inner-city tourism products, especially through online channels and domestic and international tourism promotion events, is also an important strategy.
According to Ms. Nguyen Minh Bao Ngoc - Deputy Director of the Tourism Promotion Center, to attract tourists in 2025, the city's tourism industry will launch and operate product groups; promote domestic and foreign communications; strengthen cooperation and linkage in tourism development with domestic and international localities...
In 2025, Ho Chi Minh City aims to welcome about 8,500,000 international visitors, 45,000,000 domestic tourists, with total tourism revenue estimated at VND260,000 billion.
