Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has just announced a series of domestic and international promotion programs in 2024.
The three-layer stage (on land, in the river and the floating part on the river) is used to the maximum to show the chapter On the wharf under the boat in the program The River Tells Stories 2023 - Photo: QUANG DINH
Notably, from May 31 to June 5, the 8nd River Festival will be held at Saigon port, Hiep Phuoc port as well as some tourist destinations.
The activity aims to promote waterway tourism - the type of tourism product that the city is promoting investment in to become a typical tourism product in the future.
The event is a series of 22 unique tourism - cultural - entertainment - art - culinary - sports - shopping activities, of which the highlight is the art show "Legendary Train" continuing the story " The River Tells Stories” from last year.
In 2023, the first Ho Chi Minh City River Festival took place over three days and attracted more than 51.000 visitors. The event takes place over three full days from August 4 to 6 with a series of activities associated with the city's typical waterway destinations such as Bach Dang wharf, Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal, Saigon river, and port. Saigon.
Attractive activities take place continuously such as the space on the wharf under the boat (District 1, District 8), the Ho Chi Minh City boat race... especially the art program "The River Tells Stories". According to the assessment of the City Department of Tourism, after the event there was a high growth in visitors to Ho Chi Minh City and the growth of the service industry of river products.
Regarding the international tourism promotion program, this year the Department of Tourism said it will promote this activity in many countries around the world.
Promote Ho Chi Minh City tourism with 'River Festival'
