Bustling international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City in early 2025
Calling his daughter to tell her about the atmosphere of the New Year 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Bill and his wife (a Canadian tourist) could not hide their excitement and joy when welcoming the New Year in Ho Chi Minh City. This was also the first time the couple had come to Vietnam. “Coming to Vietnam on New Year's Day, we were able to join the crowded crowd and bustling atmosphere in the center of Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the New Year. Despite the differences in language and culture, I still felt the friendliness, joy, and harmony of the people here. The New Year's events here are also very interesting,” Mr. Bill shared.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has just welcomed the first international visitors of the new year 2025. As soon as they arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, the groups of visitors participated in activities to experience traditional craft villages during Tet and received gifts such as conical hats, cloth bags, roasted coffee...
The 2025 New Year Tourist Welcome Ceremony is an event to promote the image of Ho Chi Minh City - a safe tourist destination, a vibrant journey for domestic and international tourists. Thereby, contributing to the growth of Vietnam's tourism industry in general and Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry in particular, at the same time, making the city a favorite destination for international tourists.
Enhance the visitor experience
In order to extend the length of stay and enhance the experience for tourists, Ho Chi Minh City has put many infrastructure projects into operation such as the river bus route, Metro Line 1 Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, riverside cultural park... These are also the highlights to serve tourists during this year's Lunar New Year.
In addition, the city's tourism industry has improved the quality of tourism services such as the tour program to visit the War Zone Moon in Cu Chi, contributing to increasing the attractiveness of the cultural and historical tourism segment and the night-time economic model; Thieng Lieng community tourism has increasingly improved the quality of services. New waterway tourism products are also widely chosen by domestic and international tourists.
Many inter-district tourism products are formed from the program of each locality having a typical tourism product such as Journey to the origin, green tourism - exploring the garden in the heart of the city; Saigon Commandos - Legendary bunkers, A corner of Green Saigon... These are the factors that attract the experiences of city residents, domestic and foreign tourists.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, 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.
Ho Chi Minh City tourism revenue reaches over 2,000 billion VND on New Year's Eve 2025
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 spots is estimated at about 750,000; international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City are estimated at about 41,215. Guests staying at accommodation establishments are estimated at about 135,000. Room occupancy is estimated at about 83%. Tourism revenue is estimated at about 2,013 billion VND.
