HCM City, northwestern region welcome 69.2 million visitors
(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City and eight provinces in the expanded northwestern region received 69.2 million visitors in 2023, accounting for 105% of the set target and increasing 28% against last year, heard a conference held in Lao Cai province on Monday to review their tourism cooperation program.
 The booth introducing tourism potential of Hoa Binh province on the HCMC Tourism Day 2023. (Photo: baolaocai.vn) |
The figure made up 58% of the total visitors to Vietnam in 2023. Tourism revenue was estimated at almost 8.5 billion USD.
The tourism program through 2025 aims at fully tapping its potential, and developing more inter-regional offerings between HCM City and the eight provinces of Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La, Yen Bai, and Phu Tho.
In order to strengthen tourism linkages within the group, participants who met agreed to step up digital transformation, especially building a national tourism database and developing safe destinations for visitors.
The localities involved were encouraged to set up a fanpage called “Colors of the Northwestern region – HCM City” to introduce their potential, strengths, and standout tourism products, while promoting their images on flights as well as in domestic and international mass media.