First tourists to HCM City in 2025 welcomed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. - Photo: VNA/VNS
HCM CITY: Tourist attractions in HCM City such as Thong Nhat Hall, Book Street, Suoi Tien Park were bustling with a large number of visitors on the first day of New Year 2025.
Around 750,000 people visited tourist attractions, entertainment sites and shopping areas in HCM City during the New Year holiday (December 31-January 1), according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Of them, overnight visitors reached around 135,000, resulting in a hotel room occupancy rate of 83 per cent. Meanwhile foreign tourists hit 41,215.
The holiday saw a tourism revenue of over VNĐ2 trillion (US$78.5 million).
Local hotels also introduced a wide range of promotional packages, vouchers, gifts, discounts and room rate reductions.
Many promotional programmes were offered at major shopping malls in the city.
According to Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, one of the impressive highlights of the New Year 2025 holiday is a series of activities to promote tourism images at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport, with a welcome message in 27 languages, and a QR code to access the city's tourism information system.
The city aims for 8.5 million international tourists and 45 million domestic visitors, and VNĐ260 trillion ($10.2 billion) in tourism revenue in 2025. - Vietnam News/ANN
