(13th Congress) - A conference on tourism development connectivity between Ho Chi Minh City and eight provinces and cities in the Northwestern region will take place in Phu Tho Province on November 14 and 15.
The information was announced by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the Department of Information and Communications at a press conference on November 4.
According to the Sai Gon Giai Phong, on the occasion, Director of the Municipal Department of Tourism Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa informed that the number of domestic travelers has been on the rise in the past few months.
The city’s tourism revenue totaled more than VND 66 trillion (USD2.8 billion) in the past ten months and it is expected to hit VND80 trillion (USD3.4 billion) by the end of the year.
Statistics showed that about 35 million visitors come to the Northwestern provinces in 2019, including five million international visitors who brought VND53 trillion (USD2.3 billion) in tourism revenue.
The region is a source of potential tourists that Ho Chi Minh City sets to exploit.
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has introduced three tourist conferences on tourism development connectivity between HCMC and localities in the Northwestern, Northeastern regions, between HCMC, Hanoi capital and the central key economic zone in November./.
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