In May, the number of foreign tourists to HCM City continued to rise to 195,000, an increase
of 12 percent against the same period last year, said the HCM City Tourism Department.

The ten markets with largest number of foreign tourists are the US, Japan, Taipei (China),
Australia, the Republic of Korea (RoK), China, France, Singapore, Canada and Malaysia.

In the first five months of this year, the city greeted more than 1.2 million foreign tourists with
an estimated turnover of 12,000 billion VND, 42 percent of the yearly target and a 17
percent increase year on year.

At present, the city tourism department is focusing on speeding up promotion and
advertising activities, reprinting City Guide publications, maps and events timetablesin
Korean, Russian, Chinese and French languages.

Moreover, it is actively gearing up for the Southern Fruit Festival on June 1 and an
international tourism festival on September 2008.

(Source: VOV)


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Foreigners arrive in droves as tourism booms
- Caravan tour across four SEA countries launched
- HCM City greeted over 1.2 million foreigners in five months
- City needs trained tourism staff
- Malaysia Airlines offers free tickets from Vietnam
- Hue, the most popular destination in June  




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