Many tours have been built and operated, dozens of tourist attractions, accommodation establishments, travel businesses are eligible to welcome international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said that the tourism industry has been building and renewing many sightseeing programs, ensuring the safety of welcoming international tourists back to the city after 2 years.
"With the advantage of a convenient inner city river and canal system, the city's tourism has cooperated with businesses to exploit products associated with waterways, such as Bach Dang tour to Cu Chi, Can Gio; tourism programs on Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal, SUP rowing activities in Thanh Da, Binh Thanh, District 7, Can Gio districts... In the near future, the industry plans to survey, research and open a helicopter tour to see the city. city from above; High-speed train to Con Dao ...", Director of the Department of Tourism said.
In addition, there are many tour routes that have been built and operated since December 2021 such as: Peaceful day on Dat Steel, Cu Chi; Listen to the breath of the Forest, Can Gio; Green city by the Saigon River, Thu Duc; Binh Chanh - Untold things; Peaceful 18 villages with betel nut garden, Hoc Mon; From Saigon in the past to Ho Chi Minh City today.
Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry expects that when the Covid-19 epidemic is controlled, in 2022, it will welcome 3.5 million international visitors. In 2020, more than 1.3 million visits. Photo: Tam Linh
There are 34 hotels, with more than 6,800 rooms meeting the requirements of the pilot international welcome in 2022. In addition, the city has nearly 60 3-5 star hotels that are qualified and qualified to welcome guests. international. In addition, 9 tourist attractions meet the conditions to welcome guests such as: City Post Office, Cu Chi Tunnels Historic Site, Rung Sac War Zone Historical Site, War Remnants Museum, and Accessories Museum Southern Women, City History Museum, Ao Dai museum... In addition, 6 other points in the city are completing documents to be approved to welcome international guests.
Regarding travel, there are 5 businesses that are piloting to welcome international tourists according to the package tour model: Saigontourist, Vinasun travel, Hai Van Cat Travel, TStourist and Blue Sky travel. For international tourists visiting under the package tour program, they must arrange a separate sightseeing area without contact with domestic tourists during the period of self-monitoring of their health for the first 3 days.
Tourists visit Le Minh Xuan incense village in Binh Chanh tour - Untold things. Photo: Huynh Nhi
Ms. Huynh Ngoc Van, Director of Ho Chi Minh City's Ao Dai Museum, shared: "Welcoming international guests is always more complicated than domestic guests, because they have many difficult questions that need us to answer. There was a training program for the tour guides to narrate in English.The services at the museum such as renting antique costumes to take photos, food space in the countryside market, food service... we We are more interested in providing information for international customers, supplementing, researching and translating richer content to guide international customers. guide for guests".
Ho Chi Minh City is currently one of eight pilot cities to welcome international visitors before opening on March 15. In 2022, Ho Chi Minh City's tourism aims to welcome 3.5 million international visitors, 25 million domestic tourists, up 66.66% over the same period.
