The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has launched a second tourism stimulus scheme for the end of the year, offering discounts of up to 50% on hundreds of tour packages. 

Travel firms has launched a range of unique tours to attract domestic tourists
(Photo: Industry and Trade Newspaper)

Launching the scheme, the city set a target of receiving 15 million domestic tourists and earning approximately VND80,000 billion in revenue between now and the end of the year.

Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said the local stimulus package has attracted the participation of approximately 100 travel and transport firms, as well as lodging facilities throughout the southern metropolis. A total of 200 tours are offered with discounts ranging between 10% and 50%.

Hoa added that the programme includes attractive tourism products that meet relevant safety requirements and price competition criteria with the aim of reviving the local tourism industry, increasing revenue, and generating jobs for workers following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Most notably, the tourism stimulus scheme will launch a diverse range of tourism products via both marine and road routes.

The Vietnam Tourism Association is set to co-ordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism to enhance connectivity with airlines, trains, travel companies, and tourist sites. This will be done in order to ensure the best possible services are provided to tourists.

According to Nguyen Trung Khanh, director general of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, to restore and promote tourism activities, the programme will target both Vietnamese and foreigners who are living in the Vietnam.