Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2024 earns over 140 billion VND in sales revenue

After 4 days, the 20th HCM City Tourism Festival officially ended

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Director of HCM City Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa said that in addition to the results achieved by tourism stimulation activities, this festival continued with a series of practical conferences, seminars, discussions and tourism promotion programs, aiming to transform the development model and preparing for a new transition in the new period.

This year’s event attracted more than 150 booths, from 45 provinces and cities and 50 tourism and service businesses with many diverse and practical activities.

It welcomed 160,000 visitors, interacting and enjoying art programs in the September 23 Park space such as acoustic; cosplay performance on stilts; workshop on painting bags, cup holders and fans; and exchange program to introduce culture and tourist destinations between provinces and cities, tourism businesses and more.

According to quick reports from tourism businesses, sales revenue over the 4 days is estimated at more than 140 billion VND, up 33.3% compared to 2023 (105 billion VND) and up 16.67% compared to 2019, before the COVID-19 epidemic.

This shows the extremely strong recovery and growth of HCM City’s tourism industry over each year of organization, especially since the city has completely controlled the epidemic from the end of 2022./.