HCM City receives over 5.2 million foreign visitors in 2016
More than 5.2 million foreign tourists visited Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, a rise of 10% against last year, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
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Meanwhile, the number of domestic visitors reached 21.8 million. Gross income of the City’s tourism hit VND103 trillion (US$4.5 billion), increasing 9% year-on-year.
HCM City currently has nearly 2,200 accommodation establishments and 1,314 travel agencies (including 647 international travel ones and nine representative offices of foreign travel companies).
The City aims to greet 5.5 million foreign visitors and 24 million domestic tourists in 2017 and rake in a total tourism income of VND112 trillion (US$4.9 billion).
In 2015, it received 4.6 million foreign visitors and 19.3 million domestic tourists, up 4.6 and 13% year-on-year, respectively.
Tourism earnings reached VND94.6 trillion (over US$4.1 billion), a year-on-year increase of 10%.
