Tourists brave the sun to find promotional tours at Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival

On the opening day of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival, many locals and tourists braved the sun to go to the booths to find promotional tours for the April 30 - May 1 holiday and upcoming summer travel.

On the morning of April 3, the 21st Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2025 officially opened at September 23 Park (District 1). This year, the festival has more than 100 booths from 41 provinces and cities and 32 travel, transportation and airline businesses participating with nearly 900 preferential products and services.

This year's Tourism Festival has more than 100 participating booths.

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In his opening speech, Mr. Huynh Thanh Nhan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council, shared that this Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival is one of the opening events for a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification. The theme of the festival is "Convergence and Shine" like the spirit of the April days 50 years ago.

Ho Chi Minh City inner city tour unexpectedly attracts customers

On the opening morning, despite the hot weather, many people and tourists still braved the sun to find promotional tours for the upcoming holiday. At the Vietluxtour Travel booth, the cultural and historical tour packages for the April 30 - May 1 holidays such as: Saigon Special Forces, Saigon - Cho Lon, Saigon: past and present and the new tour Legend of the Heroes ... had 50% more customers registered than the same period.

Cultural and historical tours of Ho Chi Minh City attract visitors on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of national reunification

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Mr. Tran The Dung, General Director of Vietluxtour Travel, said that the company has reduced 15% on cultural and historical tours to serve customers on this occasion. Not only individual customers, but also people from Ho Chi Minh City, organizations in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces, and international groups coming to Vietnam on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification are also included in the Ho Chi Minh City cultural and historical tour program.

"In addition, we also recorded a large number of customers booking tours from Ho Chi Minh City to sea and islands for holidays or summer travel such as: Phu Quoc, Con Dao, Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Ha Long Bay... Corporate customers are more interested in green tours for the community," Mr. Dung informed.

People brave the sun to come to Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival

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On this occasion, Vietravel Tourism Company launched the Thieng Lieng Salt Sweetness tour, taking tourists to a wild but memorable land, where the cultural beauty and salty life of coastal people are preserved.

Viet Tourism Media Joint Stock Company recorded a sudden increase in the number of domestic and international tourist groups coming to Ho Chi Minh City during the April 30 - May 1 holiday a few months ago, so the company is currently not accepting any more tourist groups coming to Ho Chi Minh City.

"This is a very big event in the country, with large-scale investment, so visitors will definitely flock to Ho Chi Minh City. Tourists coming to Ho Chi Minh City during this time need to proactively book rooms and restaurants, and research carefully to avoid fraud. Pre-ordered products should be transferred to the correct account number in the company name, not transferred to personal accounts, and should choose a reputable supplier," said a representative of Viet Tourism.

On the opening morning of the festival, many guests booked tours.

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International tourism competes in price with domestic tourism

Vietravel representative said that this is a golden opportunity for tourists to plan their dream trip with the most economical cost of the year. The company's travel itineraries are flexibly designed to suit the different needs of customers.

Specifically, Vietravel introduces tours to explore the Northwest priced from 7.5 million VND, tours to the Central region to Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, Quy Nhon... priced from 3.5 million VND, tours to explore Thailand in the summer of 2025 priced at 4.99 million VND, Singapore - Malaysia 10.7 million VND, Taiwan 12.9 million VND, China 13.9 million VND, Korea 11.9 million VND.

Many good price tours are introduced on this occasion

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According to the survey, at the booths of Ben Thanh Tourist, Golden Smile Travel, Saigontourist Travel launched foreign tours with prices competitive with domestic tours. At the price range of 5 - 10 million VND, tourists can buy tours to Thailand, Malaysia, China... or domestic tours such as: Central tours to islands, Western tours. At the price range of 10 - 20 million VND, tourists can buy tours to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea...

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/khach-doi-nang-tim-tour-khuyen-mai-o-ngay-hoi-du-lich-tphcm-185250403130638893.htm