Average tourist spending in HCM City at US$145
Overseas visitors stayed in Ho Chi Minh City for 5.2 days on average in 2017, with foreign tourists on holidays spending four days, according to a recent survey jointly conducted by the city’s Department of Tourism and the Statistics Office.
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Visitors on a cyclo tour in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
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International tourists for leisure travel accounted for 73% of the total overseas visitors, while tourists for conference and business travel accounted for 7% and 5%, respectively.
Foreign tourist spending was an average of VND3.3 million (US$145) a day. Accommodation spending was the largest expense (33%), followed by food and beverage services (20%), shopping (18%) and travelling (10%).
Domestic tourists stayed in the city for 3.6 days on average, with tourists staying for one to three days accounting for 61% of all tourists, and those staying for four to seven days accounting for 35%.
The average spending of domestic tourists amounted to VND1.58 million (US$69) a day.
Spending on accommodation for domestic travellers was the highest expense (22.9%), followed by food and beverage services (18.9%), shopping (13%), and travelling (12.2%).
Sixty-nine percent of foreign tourists chose more flexible “free and easy” tours, while the remaining 31% joined group tours.
Nearly 81 percent of domestic tourists chose free and easy tours, while group tours accounted for more than 19%.
Last year, the city welcomed 6.38 million overseas tourist arrivals and 24.9 million domestic tourist arrivals.
In the first six months of this year, the number of international tourist arrivals to the city soared by 26.5% year-on-year to reach 3.83 million, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.
Tourism revenue amounted to VND62.6 trillion (US$2.74 billion), up 15.7% year-on-year.
