Tourists in Ho Chi Minh City (Source: VNA)

 

HCM
City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on October 4
signed an agreement with the HCM City Tourism Association to boost the tourism
sector.



The agreement, valid for 2017-2020, would help enhance the role of the
association and facilitate the operations of tourism businesses, Tran Vinh
Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said.



“City authorities will have more opportunities to listen to businesses to
create favourable conditions for them to develop,” he said.



The
move is also part of the city’s efforts to develop tourism into an economic
spearhead, he added.



The
Department of Tourism works with related agencies to implement the terms of the
agreement and regularly report on the work and results to the People’s
Committee.



Bui Ta Hoang Vu, Director of the Department of Tourism, said the agreement
would give a boost to tourism businesses and improve tourists’ security.



The department and related agencies would coordinate with the association for
tourism stimulation and promotion programmes, develop tourism products,
cooperate with other cities and provinces to diversify tourism products, and
train human resources, he added.



Tran Hung Viet, Chairman of the HCM City Tourism Association, said the city led
the country in the number of hotels and travel agents.



The association and the department would work on concrete activities to boost
tourism, he said.



In the first nine months of the year, the city received 4.2 million foreign
visitors, a 16.6 percent increase year-on-year, according to the department.



Tourism revenues are estimated at 84 trillion VND (3.7 billion USD).-VNA