Ho Chi Minh City tourism revenue increased by 22% thanks to the heat of the October 2025 event

Ho Chi Minh City recorded strong growth in October 2025, with tourism revenue estimated at VND23,437 billion, up 22% over the same period. The main driving force comes from a series of impressive cultural activities and festivals such as the Nghinh Ong - Can Gio Festival, attracting more than 705,000 international visitors. The city is aiming to develop night tourism to extend the length of stay and improve competitiveness.

In the socio -economic report for October 2025, Ho Chi Minh City showed great efforts in organizing and participating in cultural, sports and tourism events to create impressions and spread.

Cultural highlights attract tourists

The outstanding events of the month have contributed to enriching the city's tourism products. Most notably is the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio in 2025, a typical folk festival, which not only contributes to preserving the traditional cultural values ​​of fishermen in the Southern sea and the Can Gio fishing community, but is also an attractive spiritual cultural tourism product for visitors.

In addition, the City also organized many literary and artistic activities, visual propaganda performances to welcome the 1st Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, term 2025 - 2030. This is a major event, marking a historical turning point after Ho Chi Minh City expanded its administrative boundaries.

Other programs such as the Con Dao Book Fair 2025 with the theme "Legend of Con Dao", the Conference summarizing 50 years of Literature and Arts of Ho Chi Minh City after the country's reunification, or the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany are also events that contribute to creating a colorful cultural picture of Ho Chi Minh City.

Impressive growth of the tourism industry

The impact of cultural and sports activities has strongly promoted the tourism industry indexes of Ho Chi Minh City. Estimated revenue in October 2025 of the entire tourism industry of Ho Chi Minh City reached 23,437 billion VND, up 22% over the same period. Accumulated revenue in the first 10 months of 2025 is estimated at 208,066 billion VND, up 22.4% over the same period.

The number of international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City in October is estimated at 705,161, up 18.5% over the same period last year. In the first 10 months of 2025, the city welcomed about 6.58 million international visitors, up 17.7% over the same period.

The City also pays attention to organizing mass and high-performance sports activities, from the sports tournament to welcome the Whale Festival to the Vovinam tournament, Yoga fitness, and the City Pickleball Drinknutrition Open tournament, contributing to enriching entertainment activities for residents and tourists.

However, the report also pointed out that to achieve sustainable efficiency and improve competitiveness, Ho Chi Minh City needs to have a long-term strategy, expand the scale and diversify tourism types. In particular, developing night tourism products is emphasized as an important solution to attract tourists, increase spending and prolong their stay.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/doanh-thu-du-lich-tp-ho-chi-minh-tang-22-nho-suc-nong-su-kien-thang-10-2025-20251103141702179.htm