On the afternoon of August 1, the Department of Tourism and the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City jointly held the second press conference of the first Ho Chi Minh City River Festival in 2023.
The festival takes place from August 4 to 6 with a series of cultural - entertainment - artistic activities, shopping promotion programs, ticket discount stimulus programs and art performances at: Saigon Port - Cruise Passenger Port, Bach Dang Wharf Park, Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Canal area, Binh Dong Wharf...
A series of promotional river tours are introduced on the occasion of the Ho Chi Minh City River Festival.
On this occasion, waterway service businesses introduced tour programs and super promotional tourism stimulus packages that were renewed in terms of experience, adding more sightseeing and entertainment spots.
People and tourists can refer to tour packages with prices starting from 400,000 VND at Chim Canh Penguin Company such as: Following the course of history - Silent footprints of Saigon Special Forces, Going to District 10 to listen to stories of oriental medicine, Mysterious crocodile village of Saigon, District 11 - There is a very different Cho Lon... Vietluxtour Travel reduces tour prices by 15%, from 399,000 VND/person for tour packages: District 1 - Vibrant Saigon, Saigon Special Forces, Memories of Saigon - Cho Lon.
Vietravel Tourism Company introduces tours: Green journey Can Gio - Vam Sat, Saigon is so beautiful! Experience the double-decker bus - down the Binh Tri Giang River, Cu Chi - Green Farm - Tunnels of the "steel land" with prices from 699,000 VND/person and walking city tour - Memories of old Saigon 0 VND.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of the Department of Tourism (left) informed about the scale of the festival.
At Saigontourist Travel, with prices starting from 285,000 VND, people and tourists can experience Saigon Indochina Queen cruise with buffet, Saigon on Saturday afternoon, Saigon hundred-year heritage, Vespa tour to visit the city, Following the footsteps of Saigon commandos...
Attractions in the city such as: History Museum, Green Park Picnic Area, Cu Chi Tunnels, Sac Forest Historical Site, Sky Deck Observatory, City Museum, Suoi Tien Tourist Area, Dam Sen, Ao Dai Museum, Zoo and Botanical Garden... discount from 10% to 50% on services and ticket prices during the peak summer season of 2023.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said that the city's tourism industry has 10 events each year. Of which, there are 2 key events: the International Tourism Fair held periodically in September and the Tourism Festival held periodically in April. Every year, Ho Chi Minh City determines to improve the scale and quality, organize in a chain to extend the length of stay of tourists.
The Department of Tourism expects that the River Festival will become a typical highlight of the city's tourism. From there, it will orient the activities of the River Festival such as art performances on the river... to become regular products every month, every week or on fixed days to serve the people and tourists.
In the first 7 months of 2023, Ho Chi Minh City welcomed about 18.6 million domestic visitors and nearly 2.4 million international tourists, of which the main sources of visitors came from: Korea, China, USA, Taiwan, Australia...
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