12,600 business meetings will take place at ITE HCMC 2025

Exciting atmosphere at ITE HCMC 2024 Fair - Photo: QUANG DINH

In 2024, ITE HCMC Fair successfully concluded with nearly 11,500 B2B trade appointments in 3 days.

This year, 240 high-end buyers from more than 30 countries and regions are expected to generate 12,600 business appointments.

ITE HCMC Fair is an annual meeting place for domestic and foreign tourism businesses to seek business partners and provide diverse products to customers.

Sharing at the press conference to inform about the event, Mr. Le Truong Hien Hoa - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism - said that the fair will be a pioneer in encouraging businesses and localities to focus on introducing unique tourism products and vivid experiences that impress international buyers.

Mr. Le Truong Hien Hoa, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, shared at the event - Photo: NGUYEN HIEN

ITE HCMC 2025 is organized with the theme of Sustainable Tourism - Immersive Experiences, expected to be a model for breakthrough and creativity of Vietnam's tourism industry in a turbulent period of global economic sectors.

This is also a bridge for domestic tourism associations and businesses to unite to improve competitiveness and create the attractiveness of Vietnamese tourism.

According to the organizers, the fair has some new features such as setting up an additional e-commerce platform application, the highlight will be the B2B platform for direct exchange and contact between international and Vietnamese tourism businesses.

A place for units to approach new products and business models. At the same time, localities and tourism businesses also have the opportunity to introduce typical tourism products and unique experiences of Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City to international visitors.

2025 is the first year that ITE HCMC 2025 takes place at the same time and at the same location as the 3rd Vietnam International Sourcing event organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Market Development - Ministry of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thao Hien said that this year is a combination of 3 programs: Vietnam International Sourcing and Export Forum 2025 combined with ITE HCMC Fair.

This cooperation is expected to bring great synergy value, because while Vietnam International Sourcing focuses on connecting manufacturing and exporting enterprises with international buyers, ITE HCMC is a bridge to promote Vietnamese tourism.

ITE HCMC 2025 is expected to attract more than 520 exhibitors and 50 Vietnamese localities with 16 main activities connecting trade, forums, and conferences.

Notably, at this event, Ho Chi Minh City will also host the 12th General Assembly of the Tourism Promotion Organization for Global Cities (TPO) in 2025, with the theme "Shaping the future of tourism: Towards digital transformation and green transformation".

ITE HCMC 2025 will officially take place from September 4 to 6 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.

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