Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair 2025 brings together unprecedented elements

(Dan Tri) - The 19th Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC) in 2025 attracts international buyers from more than 40 countries and territories in Asia, Europe, America and Oceania.

The fair is an annual meeting place for domestic and foreign tourism businesses to seek business partners and provide diverse products to customers. This year's event takes place from September 4 to 6 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC).

Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa - Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism - speaking at the press conference (Photo: Organizing Committee).

The 19th Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair continues to affirm its role as a platform for promoting international tourism in the Mekong region and Asia. The event aims to develop sustainable tourism, not only based on economic benefits but also in harmony with cultural, social and environmental values.

Besides, this is also an opportunity to encourage the creation of new products and services to meet the diverse needs of domestic and foreign markets.

According to statistics from the Organizing Committee, as of August 8, more than 250 exhibitors and 240 international buyers from more than 40 countries and territories have confirmed their participation in the fair.

For the first time, the fair has leading business travel and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences) companies such as FCM Travel, American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel... participating.

In addition to familiar markets such as the US, Australia, China, India, Singapore, France, Spain, the fair also has the participation of many new markets such as Poland, Denmark, Qatar, Brazil, Portugal...

The organizers said that the selection of participating partners was carried out through a screening process to improve the quality of tourists coming to Ho Chi Minh City.

Representatives of participating units shared information about the 19th Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair (Photo: Organizing Committee).

Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa - Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism - said that not only the Department of Tourism but all partners and accompanying units share the same goal of turning this year's Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair into an attractive international cooperation event, contributing to affirming the Vietnamese tourism brand.

According to her, this year's international buyer program is not only expanding in scale but also carefully selected, targeting potential markets, in line with the orientation of attracting high-quality, high-spending customers.

"This year, we continue to inherit and promote the achievements when last year's Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Fair was honored by the World Travel Awards as "Asia's Leading Travel Trade Event". This is a great source of encouragement for units to continue their efforts," she said.

This year, the Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair will take place in parallel with the TPO Conference (Tourism Promotion Organization for Asia-Pacific Cities). Ms. Anh Hoa said that the two independent but simultaneous events create a continuous chain of activities, expand cooperation opportunities and affirm the position of Ho Chi Minh City on the international tourism map.

The 2024 Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair successfully attracted a large number of participants (Photo: Moc Khai).

The Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism stated that in the context of Ho Chi Minh City expanding its administrative boundaries to Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau (old), the event is expected to create leverage for product development, expanding the tourism market and enhancing the Ho Chi Minh City brand in the international arena.

"We believe that, with the large gathering of the international tourism community, the 19th Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair will create more opportunities for cooperation, attract international visitors to Vietnam, and at the same time promote cultural exchange and economic development.

Through that, Ho Chi Minh City continues to affirm its role as the economic and tourism center of the country, contributing to the goal of strong growth in the new period," Ms. Anh Hoa shared.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/du-lich/hoi-cho-du-lich-quoc-te-tphcm-2025-hoi-tu-nhung-yeu-to-chua-tung-co-20250815025639462.htm