Ho Chi Minh City welcomes 1,000 MICE guests from India

(Fatherland) - According to information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism , from December 2 to December 5, 2024, Ho Chi Minh City will host a group of 1,000 MICE guests from India led by Mr. Nikhil Ashok Chopra and will attend a conference and stay at 8 hotels in the area for 4 days.

Indian MICE delegation visits Ho Chi Minh City Post Office .

According to the program, the Indian MICE delegation will come to Ho Chi Minh City and attend the Conference, staying at the Renaissance Riverside Saigon Hotel; Equatorial Ho Chi Minh Hotel; La Vela Saigon Hotel; Muong Thanh Luxury Saigon Hotel; Vissai Sai Gon Hotel; Vinpearl Landmark 81 Hotel, Autograph Collection; Saigon Prince Hotel for 04 days.

The delegation will visit the outside of the National Architectural and Artistic Relics of the City People's Council and People's Committee Headquarters; visit the War Remnants Museum, City Theater; City Post Office; Cu Chi Tunnels, Vinh Trang Pagoda ( Tien Giang ) and shop at Ben Thanh Market... Experience and enjoy Vietnamese and Indian cuisine at some restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City (Huong Sen Hotel, Banana Leaf, Dong Ho...). The delegation will have a Gala Dinner at Autograph Collection, Vinpearl Landmark 81, 208 Nguyen Huu Canh, Binh Thanh District on December 4, 2024.

Indian tourists visit and experience Cu Chi Tunnels

Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism shared: "With its advantages and potentials, along with the support and trust of tourists, Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry will have more motivation to recover soon and continue to affirm its position as one of the leading tourist destinations in Vietnam's tourism industry".

In response to the trust of tourists, the City's tourism industry is striving to build unique products for tourists to Ho Chi Minh City to discover an Eastern city that is on the path of modernization and integration but still retains its own identity. Building a favorable and safe environment for tourists to the City. All are aimed at the vision of making Ho Chi Minh City a leading vibrant tourist city in Asia, where tourists can experience the different values ​​of cultural heritage and lifestyle in a Smart City, bringing excitement on every journey.

It can be seen that welcoming 1,000 Indian MICE guests to Ho Chi Minh City on this occasion is a positive signal showing that the international MICE market has begun to show signs of recovery and Ho Chi Minh City has become a destination of interest to international tourists. This also shows that the City's continuous efforts in recent times have begun to bear fruit. It is expected that the City's tourism industry will continue to accelerate, develop sustainably and stably.

Representatives of the City's tourism industry presented flowers and gifts to the Head of the MICE delegation.

In 2024, the City's tourism industry was honored to receive many prestigious awards from the world: Asia's Leading Business Travel Destination, Asia's Leading Festival and Event Destination; Asia's Leading City Tourism Agency; Asia's Leading Incentive Travel Destination, Asia's Best Trade Show; The prestigious travel magazine CN Traveller has just announced that Ho Chi Minh City is in the top 25 destinations that tourists should visit in 2025 on all 7 continents. In particular, the Asia's Leading MICE Destination Award has created a buzz, attracting the attention of international MICE guests.

These important awards, along with foreign promotion and advertising activities, have brought the City's tourism image to the world, and increasingly improved the City's destination positioning on the world map.

According to statistics, in 2024, Ho Chi Minh City attracted 45 million visitors (international 6,000,000 and domestic 38,000,000, up 8.6% over the same period in 2023. Total tourism revenue reached 190,000 billion VND, up 18.8% over the same period in 2023 (in 2023 it was 160,000 billion VND), reaching 100% of the 2024 plan.

Source: https://toquoc.vn/tphcm-don-1000-khach-mice-den-tu-an-do-20241205124825506.htm