The 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2024 has the participation of more than 100 booths, including: 43 booths from provinces and cities (An Giang, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Can Tho , Dong Thap, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Long An, Ben Tre, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long, Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, Dak Nong, Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Quang Nam, Da Nang, Thua Thien Hue, Binh Thuan, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Bac Giang, Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc , Quang Ninh, Quang Binh, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Nghe An); 35 tourism service businesses and other units. Let's take a look at some outstanding activities of the Festival as follows: (1) At the Main Stage area, September 23 Park, Area B, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, the Opening Ceremony of the 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival will take place at 7:00 p.m. on April 4. April 2024 (Thursday) and the Closing Ceremony of Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2024 takes place at 8:00 p.m. on April 7, 2024. Residents and tourists will enjoy unique and attractive cultural programs. guided with the participation of many famous writers and artists. In particular, after a long time accompanying the tourism industry to accelerate its strong recovery, to recognize the efforts of tourism service businesses, and at the same time create strong motivation for businesses to continue to develop. Development, the Tourism Festival Organizing Committee organized the Ho Chi Minh City Top Tourism Award 2024 for many tourism businesses within the framework of the event's Opening Ceremony.

(2) The "explosion" of the stimulus program within the framework of the Tourism Festival!

To help residents and tourists easily experience and choose suitable travel programs for individuals and families, the Organizing Committee has designed an area plan to organize space to stimulate tourism, specifically:

+ Area A (near Pham Ngu Lao street): for travel businesses and hotels; domestic and international tourism transport businesses and airlines; standard procurement, medical facilities; Districts in the City have typical destinations, resources, and tourism products.

+ Area B (near Le Lai street): for the Department of Tourism; Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Tourism Promotion Center; Tourism Association of provinces and cities. Representative offices of tourism organizations of other countries in the City; Representative offices of foreign tourism businesses in the City; Businesses selling handicrafts and souvenirs.

+ Area C The culinary space is expected to have 10 food carts to serve visitors and enjoy typical regional dishes and international cuisine.

Besides, there is also the stimulus program "Ngao Du theo gu" at 5:45 p.m. April 6th, 2024 at the Main Stage of September 23 Park.

April 6th, 2024 at September 23 Park Main Stage.

(3) In addition to the activities of the stimulus space, there is a display and exhibition space: In addition to choosing practical tourism products, residents and visitors have the opportunity to enjoy various programs. Works like Acoustic; cosplay performance on stilts; Workshop on painting bags/cup bases/fans or making scented bags from coffee grounds; Interactive Festival map activity; Exchange program to introduce culture and tourist destinations between provinces and tourism businesses, and especially the Program to introduce and promote a reality series about Ho Chi Minh City and exchange with Miss Grand Thuy Tien at 6:15 p.m. on April 6th, 2024 at the Main Stage of September 23 Park.

(4) A series of seminars and promotional conferences on issues of concern to society, training human resources, labor resources, business models according to new trends... also took place during the event. event framework. Continuing to promote the results achieved, the 2024 Tourism Job Exchange will take place at 08:30 - 10:00 on April 5, 2024 at the main stage of Area B, September 23 Park, to connect businesses. Tourism service businesses are in need of recruiting workforce and students from tourism training establishments. At the same time, it is a place for tourism training facilities and businesses to share and exchange information about training and improving the quality of tourism human resources to meet social needs. Workshop on converting tourism business models to update world trends at 08:00 on April 4, 2024 at Majestic Saigon Hotel to update tourism trends in the world and in Vietnam so that businesses can Travel agencies build tourism products that suit the tastes of tourists. Improve knowledge and marketing and communication capacity of tourism businesses to attract international tourists to Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular. Introducing tools to help travel businesses find and reach international retail customers. Nghe An tourism promotion conference in Ho Chi Minh City at 2:00 p.m. on April 4, 2024 at Kim Do Hotel with the theme "Journey to the source - Gracious Nghe An Land" and Promotion and Promotion Conference Travel to Thai Nguyen province in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024 at 08:00 on April 5, 2024 at Vien Dong Hotel. In order to promote the association and cooperation program in tourism development between Thai Nguyen and the Northeastern provinces with Ho Chi Minh City as well as the Mekong Delta provinces; At the same time, promote and introduce the potential strengths, destinations, attractive tourism products, unique culture and cuisine of ethnic minorities in Thai Nguyen province. In addition, this year's Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival will continue to organize survey routes to introduce destinations and typical tourism products of Ho Chi Minh City, Famtrip programs, creating conditions for Ho Chi Minh City travel businesses and travel businesses of provinces and cities come to survey, connect and exploit tourism programs. Organize Famtrip groups to introduce typical tourism products of Ho Chi Minh City and a space to connect Ho Chi Minh City's destination services with nationwide travel businesses. Join the 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2024 now to not miss out on exciting programs and experiences.