(Fatherland) - On the morning of December 5, in front of the Ben Thanh Market relic gate (District 1), the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism held the Opening Ceremony of the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week - 2024, starting a series of exciting festival and tourism activities throughout the week.
The 4th Tourism Week in 2024 with the theme "Lively Festival Season" takes place from December 5 to December 12, 2024 with many complex activities, unique tourism, sports, music events... taking place throughout Thu Duc City and Districts of Ho Chi Minh City.
The 4th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week 2024 officially opened at the Ben Thanh Market relic area, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee said that through 3 times of organization, Tourism Week has built its brand with tourists and become an annual event of the City's tourism industry. Following that success, in 2024, Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week with the theme "Vivid festival season" has become an event organized in the direction of linking the value chain of tourism - culture - sports with the coordination of relevant departments, units, Thu Duc City People's Committee and Districts, contributing to affirming the image of an attractive, modern and unique destination.
According to the Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the special highlight of this year's Tourism Week is that Ho Chi Minh City has coordinated with provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and Southeast regions to make the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week in 2024 an event connecting the city and localities, creating a festive atmosphere that spreads throughout most of the southern region, stimulating inter-regional tourism at the end of the year.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee delivered the opening speech at the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week.
"The series of unique tourism - sports - music activities within the framework of Tourism Week is expected to contribute to promoting the image, people and unique identity of "open - youthful - vibrant - future-oriented" of Ho Chi Minh City, stimulating sustainable tourism, becoming a bridge to spread pride in the City, inspiring discovery and experience to domestic and international tourists" - Mr. Nguyen Van Dung emphasized.
Within the framework of Tourism Week, in Thu Duc City and 21 Districts, more than 80 activities were simultaneously held so that people and tourists anywhere in the City would not miss the vibrant atmosphere and check-in activities in tourism, culture - arts, sports, cuisine, introduction of new tours, etc.
In particular, this year, visitors to the check-in points of Tourism Week in Thu Duc City and 21 Districts will learn about the culture, tourism, history, and geography of the Districts where they live in a lively and interesting way through quiz games using AR (Augmented Reality) technology. This is also one of the efforts of the City's tourism industry in applying technology to promote and advertise tourism.
Delegates press the opening button of the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week 2024.
In addition, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. from December 5 to 8, 2024, many unique art performances will take place at the main stage of the Ben Thanh Market relic site, demonstrating the harmonious identity between tradition and modernity of the City, such as: Performance of the Ao Dai collection by Designer Trung Dinh; music nights with the themes of Root Sounds, Contemporary Melodies, Four-Way Dance, Vibrant Colors and the Ho Chi Minh City Battle Fest program. At the same time, visitors to the Ho Chi Minh City tourism booth chain will experience many folk games such as: sack jumping, mandarin squares, hopscotch... with many attractive gifts.
Based on the quantity and quality of cultural, artistic, sports and musical activities organized by each District, the Organizing Committee of Tourism Week will have attractive awards to encourage creativity as well as the positive response of the Districts, including the awards: "Lively Festival Season" Destination; Most Outstanding Destination; Most Favorite Destination, Greenest Destination, Vibrant Media Destination, Creative Destination, Friendly Destination. These awards will be announced by the Department of Tourism at the Industry Summary Conference scheduled to be held at the end of 2024.
Delegates visit the booth at the opening ceremony.
At the launching ceremony, the Department of Tourism also announced the implementation of the program "Designing a tourism program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification". The program not only aims to exploit tourism potential, promote the cultural and historical values of tourist attractions in the city and neighboring localities, but also creates a creative playground for businesses, organizations and individuals, contributing to improving the quality of tourism services, spreading the image of the country and Vietnamese people more strongly. This is also one of the meaningful activities of the city's tourism industry to contribute to raising awareness and national pride, towards the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification.
Along with that, a series of large-scale tourism - sports - music activities are also organized in Ho Chi Minh City, including some outstanding activities such as: Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon Season 7; Mass Participation World Conference (MPW); Teqball World Championship 2024; Cho Lon Food Story Festival at District 5 Cultural - Sports Center; Ho Do International Music Festival; Ho Chi Minh City Brass Band Festival 2024 and Puppetry Festival; 8WONDER Winter 2024 International Super Music Festival; Shopping Season 2024 Program, Light Decoration Program, Year-end Countdown Festival...
Source: https://toquoc.vn/tuan-le-du-lich-tphcm-nam-2024-chinh-thuc-khai-mac-20241205121421957.htm
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