Domestic visitors to Ho Chi Minh City surged in the first six months of the year, as Vietnamese travellers sought to make up for lost time after more than two years of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Foreign visitors in HCM City surge in the first half of 2022. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)
HCM City (VNA) - Domestic visitors to Ho Chi Minh City surged in thefirst six months of the year, as Vietnamese travellers sought to make up forlost time after more than two years of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
About 11 million domestic visitors visited HCM City in the first half of 2022,up 43.1% over the same period last year, according to HCM City Department ofTourism.
In addition, nearly three million passengers passed through Tan Son Nhatairport in June, with 1.4 million of those passengers staying in HCM City.
Normally, the number of passengers arriving and leaving HCM City rose in Junefrom May as the summer holiday season peaks.
After Vietnam reopened tourism earlier this year to international visitors,nearly 478,000 arrived in the first half of the year, up 100% from the sameperiod a year earlier, according to the department.
HCM City Department of Tourism announced that total tourism revenue in thefirst half of 2022 was 49.7 billion VND (nearly 2.2 billion USD), up 29.9%compared to the same period last year, reaching 73.5% of the year’s target.
The HCM City tourism industry has prepared plans to prevent overload fromsurging tourism demand. It is focusing on creating new tours, and instructingtourism enterprises and amusement parks to hire more personnel.
HCM City has developed a river tourism product to attract visitors to the city./.
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Foreign visitors in HCM City surge in the first half of 2022. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) 
