2018 Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Festival grosses VND38 billion revenue
Tuesday, 17/04/2018 21:52 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - The 2018 Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Festival closed after its successfull four-day operation, earning more than VND83 billion, a 38% rise over a year earlier.
More than 9,000 visitors bought tours at the event. (Photo: CPV)
This year’s event was attended by more than 40 tourism businesses from 36 provinces and cities nationwide.
In his speech at the closing ceremony, Mr. Bui Ta Hoang Vu, Director of the city Department of Tourism, said the large and professional booths showed the growth of tourism businesses and the close tourism relationship between Ho Chi Minh city and other localities.
The festival attracted the participation of about 320,000 visitors, of which 9,000 visitors bought tours.
As part of the tourism stimulus program a ceremony to honour the leading tourism brands and cultural exchange programs in 2017 was held; other activities held during the event included a forum for online tourism trend in 2018, an announcement for a tourism innovations start-up contest, and a preliminary review ơn Hồ Chí Minh city - Bình Thuận - Lâm Đồng tourism development triangle./.
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