Proposal to consider reopening helicopter tours to visit Ho Chi Minh City from above

Speaking at the conference summarizing the Ho Chi Minh City tourism industry in 2023 and deploying key directions and tasks in 2024 of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism on the afternoon of January 10, Mr. Nguyen Van Dung, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposed solutions to develop tourism in 2024, including the proposal that the tourism industry consider making helicopter tours an attractive product.

Tourists experience helicopter tours during the April 30 - May 1, 2022 holidays

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Dung, right after the Covid-19 pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City tourism introduced a product of visiting Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces by helicopter. This was a tourism package that initially attracted tourists, but due to conditions and mechanisms, this product has not been exploited yet.

"The tourism industry continues to think about how to make helicopter tours an activity and a tourism product of Ho Chi Minh City in the future. Are there helicopters specifically for tourism, where to visit, where to fly, where to land, and more detailed planning, then advise the city. The tourism industry needs to calculate the product that has been surveyed and tested, and I think it is a very interesting product of Ho Chi Minh City," said Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Dung.

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee evaluates helicopter tour as an interesting product of Ho Chi Minh City

Previously, on April 12, 2022, some of the city's leading travel businesses experienced a survey of the tour to see Ho Chi Minh City from above by helicopter. After the survey flight, the units tested the tour to see Ho Chi Minh City from above by helicopter with a 40-minute flight, and promoted it from April 21. After 1 week of promotion, the businesses organized 5 flights with 80 guests (16 guests/flight) during the April 30 - May 1 holiday in 2022.

However, this helicopter tour has not become a regular product to serve tourists because there are some problems related to flight permission and waiting time for take-off and landing.

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