Opening ceremony; photo: Thanh Hau-BTPI Center
According to the organizers, this festival attracts about 400,000 visitors, with the participation of 150 booths from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Tourism Department, Tourism Promotion Center, Tourism Association of provinces and cities; Representative offices of national tourism promotion agencies; travel companies, hotels, restaurants, domestic and foreign airlines; Representatives of foreign tourism enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City...
Within the framework of the festival, there are many exciting programs, such as: "Colors of Vietnam " introducing cultural features, regional characteristics as well as attractive tourist attractions; Ceremony of celebrating 100 leading tourist brands in Ho Chi Minh City in 2017. The festival "Golden Voice of Ho Chi Minh Tourism Festival", performing street art ... Besides that, the Festival is also opportunityfor local and tourism businesses to approach, introduce new products, best service to domestic and foreign tourists, especially the domestic tourism market with more than 10 million people of city.
In addition to the familiar area for travel businesses, airlines, local areas, international travel agencies, souvenir products, dining areas; This year's festival also has new features such as introduction to smart travel software by Tourism Department of Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) cooperated in building, culinary specialties with the participation of the Center for Conservation and Development of Vietnamese cuisine, and the chefs of three star hotel Huong Sen introduce traditional culinary, processing and hundreds of free tasting for visitors at the Festival.
Participating in the 2018 Tourism Festival with the theme "Quy Nhon - Binh Dinh - Back to memorial sea city", the general booth of the province this year has the participation of the company: Goldenlife International Travel Co., Thanh Linh JSC; Thanh Tam-Bau Da Wine...Visit Binh Dinh's booth, visitors are introduced tourism products through images, publications, local specialties and is. With efforts to develop tourism into an important economic sector of the province, Binh Dinh tourism industry always attaches great importance to promote the province's tourism at tourism events, tourism fairs and foreign; In the first quarter of 2018, the tourism sector in Quy Nhon - Binh Dinh province achieved the following results: tourists to Quy Nhon reached 979,250 arrivals, an increase of 9.4% over the same period in 2017. Among them, international tourists estimated at 68,547, an increase of 7%; Domestic tourists are estimated at 910,703 arrivals, an increase of 63%. Tourism revenue is estimated at 596.65 billion, up 36.5% over the same period in 2017.
Vietnamese and foreigner tourists visit Binh Dinh's booth; photo: Thanh Hau
From the attention of visitors at the Quy Nhon - Binh Dinh tourist's booth to the numbers above, the destination of Quy Nhon - Binh Dinh will attract and develop tourist market in southern and southwestern provinces. Continue to consolidate and build the local destination brand, affirming the position of Quy Nhon - Binh Dinh tourism on the map of Vietnam tourism.