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Tourism
festival opens in HCMC
The Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2009, the 5th such
annual event, opened on April 3 at Dam Sen Cultural Park by
the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and
the Vietnam Tourism Association
 The
festival showcased prestigious tourism trade names to the
public and new tourism services along with special
promotions to stimulate demand among the city’s people and
in the southern economic zone.
At the event, 44 travel agencies, hotels and entertainment
areas, coming from main tourism regions in 14 cities and
provinces nationwide, had the chance to advertise their
services.
Under the framework of the event, a food festival took
place, attracting 50 stalls from restaurants from 7 cities
and provinces in the country, high lighting the unique food
culture of the southern region.
Also on the occasion of the Hung Temple Festival, visitors
witnessed the creation of 5,000 sticky rice cakes, in
addition to performances and exhibitions from April 3-5.
Tourism is one of HCMC’s major industries. In 2008, the city
received 2.8 million foreign visitors and the city’s tourism
industry recorded a turnover of VND31,000 billion. In the
first quarter of this year, HCMC welcomed 780,000 arrivals
of foreign tourists, with a total tourism industry turnover
of VND7,700 billion.
(Source: VOV)
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