HCMC named among 10 travel destinations to see surge in popularity by 2025
TravelSupermarket, a travel deals website, used data from Euromonitor to find out which major cities will see the fastest percentage growth in tourist arrivals by 2025.
Ho Chi Minh City has been ranked 5th among the 10 hot travel destinations that are expected to see the sharpest increase of tourists by 2025. The survey is based on data from Euromonitor to find out just which major cities will see the fastest percentage growth in tourist arrivals by 2025.
Jakarta, Indonesia tops the list, followed by Denpasar, Indonesia; Jaipur, India; Cairo, Egypt; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Chennai, India; Agra, India; Phuket, Thailand; Delhi, India; and Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Earlier, Ho Chi Minh City has been ranked 3rd on the list Asia’s ten best destinations to visit in the year ahead by global travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet, which has revealed its 2018 “Best in Asia” list.
“The southern supercity of Ho Chi Minh City somehow keeps getting cooler,” Lonely Planet wrote.
Ho Chi Minh City received more than 3.8 million international visitors in the first 6 months of 2018, a 26.5% higher than in the same period last year, and reached 51% of this year's target, according to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism.
In 2017, the city welcomed more than 6 million international tourists, an increase of 22.8% from 2016, reaching 110% of the set plan. Total tourism revenue is approximately at VND116 trillion (US$5.11 billion), up 12.6% over the same period last year and meeting the set plan. China was the biggest source of visitors, followed by South Korea, Japan, the US, Taiwan (China) and Russia.
A Vietnamese woman sells coconuts on the street in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Shutterstock
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Earlier, Ho Chi Minh City has been ranked 3rd on the list Asia’s ten best destinations to visit in the year ahead by global travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet, which has revealed its 2018 “Best in Asia” list.
“The southern supercity of Ho Chi Minh City somehow keeps getting cooler,” Lonely Planet wrote.
Ho Chi Minh City received more than 3.8 million international visitors in the first 6 months of 2018, a 26.5% higher than in the same period last year, and reached 51% of this year's target, according to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism.
In 2017, the city welcomed more than 6 million international tourists, an increase of 22.8% from 2016, reaching 110% of the set plan. Total tourism revenue is approximately at VND116 trillion (US$5.11 billion), up 12.6% over the same period last year and meeting the set plan. China was the biggest source of visitors, followed by South Korea, Japan, the US, Taiwan (China) and Russia.
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