Foreign arrivals in HCM city rise 32%
(VOVWORLD) -The number of international visitors to in Ho Chi Minh city has to date this year reached nearly 3.2 million, up 32 percent from last year.
 A corner of HCM city. |
Tourism revenue in the period was estimated at 2.3 billion USD. According to a survey of a popular room booking website, Ho Chi Minh City has so far secured the highest number of booking as the base for visitors to start exploring Vietnam.
A recent survey jointly conducted by the Tourism Department and the municipal Statistics Office showed tourists, both domestic and foreign, stay for an average 5 days in the city and spend around 145 USD a day, which showed a reduction in stay duration compared to 2013 but the spending stays the same. Foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam in the first 5 months skyrocketed by 27 percent year-on-year to more than 6.7 million.