Over 1.8 Million Foreign Tourists Visit HCMC

 

Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has welcomed more than 1.8 million overseas arrivals in the first six months of 2012, up by 10 percent against the same period last year.

The City’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced the figures on June 20.

The turnover from tourists in the first six months of this year has reached 34,000 trillion VND, a 15 percent year on year increase and 50 percent of this year’s planned target.

Ho Chi Minh City

The City’s plans to promote tourism and improve domestic tourist products have now come to fruition.

In addition, it intends to work closer with Southeastern and Southwestern provinces and cities to develop local tour services.

The City has also been creating a safe, friendly and civilised environment to enable the tourist industry to thrive.