Chủ Nhật, 08/09/2019, 15:55 (GMT+7)
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Ho Chi Minh City connects tourism with Mekong Delta

ABO – On September 4, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism with the Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with Saigon Tourism Corporation (Saigontourist) and  Vietravel Transport & Tourism Marketing Joint Stock Company organized the forum to promote sustainable tourism connectivity between the southern economic hub and the 13 city and provinces in the Mekong Delta. The forum took place on September 4-5 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center.

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Tourists visit Dong Tam Snake Farm.

Within the framework of the forum, the conference to promote and invite investment in cultural infrastructure - sports - tourism - entertainment into Ho Chi Minh City and 13 provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta attracted 200 guests from diplomatic agencies, foreign associations, domestic business associations, domestic and foreign enterprises, etc…

In a total of 179 projects calling for investment in the fields of culture - sports - tourism – entertainment introduced at the conference, Ho Chi Minh City has 51 projects; The Mekong Delta tourism cooperation cooperation group (Eastern Mekong Delta) includes Dong Thap province, Long An province, Tien Giang province, Ben Tre province, Vinh Long province and Tra Vinh province with 36 projects; The West Mekong Delta Tourism Development Cooperation Cluster (West Mekong Delta) includes Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and An Giang province, Kien Giang province, Hau Giang province, Soc Trang province, Bac Lieu province and Ca Mau province have 92 projects.
 

At the forum. Photo: M.THANH
At the forum. Photo: M.THANH

Director of HCMC Department of Tourism Bui Ta Hoang Vu said that the advantage of linking HCMC and 13 provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta are different, complementary to each other.

The city's key tourism products are shopping, food, sports, entertainment and urban community culture. Meanwhile, the strength of the Mekong Delta is ecotourism, garden and water.

Therefore, if exploiting the advantages of each destination, the tourism connection of the 14 provinces and cities not only do not reduce the competitive advantage of each destination, but also promote each other's advantages to  help each other expand the market, the customer market more easily.

“The cohesion of HCMC with the Mekong Delta has not really created a regional tourism brand with its own identity and especially not yet formed the tourism product chains connecting the local competitive advantages”, according to Bui Hoang Ta.

At the conference, localities and investors raised difficulties in linking and exploiting tourism potential between the HCMC and provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta; at the same time, proposing solutions to promote tourism development in the coming time.

By M. THANH – Translated by NGUYEN HUU

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