Southern hub to kick off annual tourism festival
The 11th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival will be held at September 23 Park by the City’s Department of Tourism and some units between March 26th and 29th.
The event, includes an array of highlights, such as a program “Impression to world heritages in Vietnam” in response to the National Tourism Year 2015, “Connecting world heritages in Vietnam,” an exhibition on 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector, a festival honoring the city’s tourist sites, and an award ceremony for businesses with outstanding contributions to the development of the city’s tourism sector.
Besides, visitors could enjoy many special artistic performances and folk values of Vi-Giam, Gong space culture in Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands), Ca Tru ceremonial singing and Hue's royal court music, which have been recognized as intangible cultural heritages of humanity.
The organizers gather about 150 booths from Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Tourism Promotion Centres and Sporting Associations from different localities nationwide, and representative offices of tourist agencies from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said over the past ten years, the city’s annual tourism festival has become a good opportunity for provinces, cities, and businesses to introduce their tourism products to international and domestic visitors.