Visitors buy promotional tickets at Vietnam Airlines' booth. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – More than 70,000 domestic and foreign tour vouchers are available at discounts of up to 50 percent at the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair which opened at 23/9 Park on April 12. The annual event held by the municipal Department of Tourism features 150 booths of travel agencies, hotels, retailers, restaurants, transporters and airlines. This year, the fair is themed “Discovering 2018 Summer”. An array of promotional programmes are available at the festival, including “Hunting zero VND tour” with 1,000 free tickets for domestic and foreign tours, a gold hour of low prices and “buy one tour, get one tour”. The Vietnam Airlines Corporation will set aside 2,400 promotional codes with a 30 percent discount for individuals on domestic and international flights and up to 49 percent for groups on international flights. Travel aficionados will have chance to … [Read more...] about More than 70,000 discounted tours offered at HCM City tourism festival
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HCM City hotel market bounces back in Q1
A tour guide shows local products to foreign tourists at Ben Thanh Market in HCM City. (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Average hotel occupancy rate in Ho Chi Minh City reached 74 percent in the first quarter, increasing by 6 percentage points from the same period last year. According to a report by real estate company Savills Vietnam, average room rate rose by 4 percent to 83 USD per night, as all local three- to five-star hotels introduced higher rates for the first time in three years. The supply of hotel accommodations grew 2 percent on year, offering more than 16,500 rooms from 133 projects. Savills Vietnam said by 2020, 14 new projects will add to the market about 3,500 rooms. In the first three months of 2018, the southern economic hub welcomed 1.98 million foreign arrivals, an annual increase of 15.6 percent. Tourism services revenue earned during the period exceeded 31.7 trillion VND (1.39 billion USD), up 14.4 percent on year. The first quarter also saw 394 travel … [Read more...] about HCM City hotel market bounces back in Q1
HCM City set to host tourism fair
Visitors at the HCM City Tourism Fair last year.- VNA/VNS Photo Phuong Vy More than 30 travel firms in HCM City will sell nearly 60,000 domestic and outbound tours at 15-50 per cent discount at the HCM City Tourism Fair to be held from April 12 to 15. The annual fair, which has the theme “Exploring Summer” this year, seeks to stimulate travel demand during the upcoming summer season, La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the city Department of Tourism, said. It is a forum for localities and travel firms to interact with potential customers and offers locals a chance to buy quality tours at reasonable prices, he said. Tour operators, hotels, restaurants, airlines, and transport providers will showcase their products and services at 150 booths and offer discount vouchers, gifts, lucky draws, buy-one-get-one tours and others. Vietnam Airlines will offer 2,400 tickets on international and domestic flights at 30 per cent discount. The event, to be held at September 23 Park in the … [Read more...] about HCM City set to host tourism fair
HCM City promotes tourism links with other localities
Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to enhance connectivity with other localities nationwide to become more attractive to tourists. Director of the municipal Tourism Department Bui Ta Hoang Vu said HCM City is a hotspot for many outstanding tourism products nationwide like MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions), shopping-entertainment tourism and cultural-culinary tourism. It is a must-visit destination for tourists to Vietnam. The city welcomed more than 1.3 million tourist arrivals in the first three months of 2018, he noted. However, to develop tourism sustainably, cooperation is needed, he said, adding that inter-regional tourism connectivity does not reduce the strength and market share of each locality but increases their competitiveness and expands their market more easily, thus creating unique tourism products, lengthening tourists’ stay and boosting revenue. HCM City is enhancing bilateral and multilateral connections with localities in Dong Thap Muoi … [Read more...] about HCM City promotes tourism links with other localities
HCM City to enhance tobacco harm control
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health is planning to provide training on how to help local residents quit smoking for staff at ward- and commune-level People’s Committees. Dr Trinh Van Hiep, head of the municipal Department of Health’s the board on preventing harm caused by cigarette smoking, said that it’s difficult for many people to quit smoking even if they want to. Hiep said at a recent meeting on preventing the effects of cigarettes that smokers need assistance from wards and communes involved in the programme. After receiving consultations, smokers will be treated at eight hospitals in the city that provide this service, he said. Knowledge along with determination and assistance are the keys to quitting smoking, Hiep added. The city also wants more wards and communes to become smoke-free, Hiep said, adding that communication activities would be carried out at all households. Each family … [Read more...] about HCM City to enhance tobacco harm control
HCM City increases land prices under new regulation
VietNamNet Bridge – The coefficient used for land price adjustments, called the K coefficient, will increase by 0.1 in each circumstance, according to a regulation included in a decision by the HCM City People’s Committee. It has taken effect since yesterday. HCM City People’s Committee has increased the K coefficient used to adjust land prices. — VNS File Photo The K coefficient will be 1.1 for households or individuals recognised by the State to have the right to use residential land, and the right to change the purpose of land-use from non- residential land to residential. The K coefficient for land used for rent will be divided into two groups and five regions, based on the purpose of land use. The first group covers use for business services, financial services, restaurants, hotels and houses for rent. The second group covers the building of industrial and sub-industrial zones, and public works for business purposes. The K coefficient has … [Read more...] about HCM City increases land prices under new regulation
Chinese top foreign arrivals in HCM City
Their number soared to 600,000 last year, a year-on-year increase of 50 percent. In 2016, they were the third largest group, La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the department, said. Chinese visitor profiles have changed, requiring his department to do market and product research to help travel firms tap this growing market segment, he said. The city would then develop appropriate tourism products to serve Chinese tourists, he said. Nguyen Quoc Ky, General Director of giant tour operator Vietravel, said tourism authorities should rearrange their priority markets for running promotion and marketing programs in 2018-20. China should be a priority market, followed by Northeast Asian and Southeast Asian countries, he said. Foreign tourists in HCM City. Source: vietnamnews.vn “The city will see a massive influx of Chinese tourists in the coming time.” Ty Quy Thanh, Director of Lien Bang Travelink, said his company saw a 30 percent increase in the … [Read more...] about Chinese top foreign arrivals in HCM City
HCM City has not received Doan Ngoc Hai’s resignation letter
The HCM City People’s Committee said it has not received the resignation letter of Doan Ngoc Hai, deputy chairman of HCM City’s District 1, according to Vo Van Hoan, chief of staff and spokesperson for the city People’s Committee. Doan Ngoc Hai (second right).The man behind a famous campaign to clean up the city’s sidewalk said on Monday he had sent a resignation letter to the city’s People’s Committee, according to media reports.It was reported that Hải said in his letter that he resigned because he could not complete the sidewalk reclamation campaign, which he had promised to local residents.From January to October last year, the district’s efforts to bring order to pavements created positive results and spread across the country. The Prime Minister praised the effort and assigned the task to other localities.However, Hai said that the people were unhappy about penalties on owners of parking lots, restaurants, hotels, businesses and … [Read more...] about HCM City has not received Doan Ngoc Hai’s resignation letter
HCM City hosts int’l gastronomy festival
A wide range of activities, including cooking demonstrations, talk shows on Tet (Lunar New Year) dishes, bartender demonstrations, and traditional music performances will also be held during the event.Chefs from 13 five-star hotels will participate in a culinary contest with a spring-inspired menu at Rex Hotel in HCM City on January 10.The event, organised by the city’s Department of Tourism in coordination with the city’s Tourism Association, attracted 300,000 visitors last year.Vietnamplus … [Read more...] about HCM City hosts int’l gastronomy festival
Guests flee HCM City hotel fire
Dozens of guests fled from a HCM City hotel in terror on January 5 morning after a mobile phone exploded and caused fire. At 6:45am, local residents discoveredthat black smoke was pouring out of a second-floor window of Van An 2Hotel on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street. The manager ran to each room toinform the guests. Many guests left their belongings behind in order toescape the hotel quickly. Van An 2 Hotel Guests run to the street Hotel staff tried to put out the fire to no avail. Six fire trucks and 32 fire fighters were sent to the site later and put the fire under control in 30 minutes. No one was hurt but the fire destroyed most of the guests' belongings. The window of room 201 Initial investigation showed that a mobile phone was charging in room 201 and exploded. The fire spread to the mattress before covering the whole room. … [Read more...] about Guests flee HCM City hotel fire