HCMC’s river tour launched
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The first river tour of Ho Chi Minh City started Saturday, taking tourists from Bach Dang Wharf in District 1 to the Painter Village in District 7.
The latest move is part of HCMC’s effort to diversify tourism products.
The tour is one of several river tours on the Saigon River which the city’s tourism department surveyed last November, to make river tourism one of the key products to enrich the city’s hospitality industry.
Last year, the city's tourism department and travel agencies made fact-finding trips up the Sai Gon River to Dong Nai Province.
The tourism department was also asked to develop river tours from HCMC to neighboring provinces, the Mekong provinces of An Giang and Cambodia.
HCMC is looking to attract 3.5 million international tourists this year, up from last year’s 3.1 million.
The city’s tourism sector last year generated total revenue of VND41 trillion (US$2.1 billion), and the figure is expected to increase to VND49 trillion this year.
