Ho Chi Minh City will step up efforts to strengthen travel linkages with the expanded northwestern region to develop more unique tourism products, according to its Department of Tourism.
Artists from Son La province performing at the Dien Bien-Northwest Culture and Tourism Week held in HCM City last year. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will step up efforts to strengthen travel linkages with the expanded northwestern region to develop more unique tourism products, according to its Department of Tourism.
The number of tourists from HCM City to the region, comprising Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La, Yen Bai, and Phu Thọ provinces, is increasing.
Many inter-regional travel programmes have been exploited effectively by travel firms in the city, with millions of its tourists visiting the region and vice versa, according to statistics from 10 businesses that are members of the northwest working group.
The eight provinces in the region participated in the 20th HCM City Tourism Festival in 2024 with the theme “20 years of vibrant journey,” which attracted more than 150 tourism agencies from 45 cities and provinces and 50 tourism businesses.
The provinces also participated in the second HCM City River Festival which attracted 4.5 million visitors.
The tourism cooperation programme between the city and the northwest also included tourism promotion on the website dulichtaybac.vn, fanpage Sac mau Tay Bac – HCM City and on various social networking sites.
The city will organise a forum to review five years of implementing the tourism cooperation programm🌠e with the northwestern region next year./.
Ho Chi Minh City and eight northeastern provinces have defined developing typical creative tours, routes and destinations as a key activity to boost their tourism links in the coming time.
Ho Chi Minh City welcomed more than 4.6 million foreign visitors in the first 10 months of this year, a 12.9% increase compared to the same period in 2023, the municipal Department of Tourism announced on October 31.
Ho Chi Minh City prioritises the promotion of tourism, trade and investment cooperation with Lao localities, Deputy Secretary of the city Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Van Mai said on September 26.
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