Saigon Travel News

As usual before Lunar New Year, HCM City tour operators are launching special tours for foreigners to travel and learn of the atmosphere and culture of Tet during the country’s most important holiday.

Saigon Tourist Travel Services, the leading tour operator in Vietnam, welcomed 2,000 crew and tourists from Costa Classica ship, for the second time this year.

The recovery in HCMC’s hospitality industry has been heralded in the first month of the year as the city earns an estimated VND3.1 trillion in tourism revenue, a sharp increase of 15% year-on-year, the tourism department says in a just-released report.

The recovery in HCMC’s hospitality industry has been heralded in the first month of the year as the city earns an estimated VND3.1 trillion in tourism revenue, a sharp increase of 15% year-on-year, the tourism department says in a just-released report.

HCM City is preparing for a colourful Tet holiday, with a sea of flowers along Nguyen Hue Avenue and streets illuminated with flower lanterns.

With two weeks left before Tet, and also Valentine’s Day on February 14, hotels and restaurants are preparing attractive food and entertainment programs. Here are the celebrations at the Rex and Majestic hotels.

Saigon Tourist Travel Services, the leading tour operator in Vietnam, welcomed 2,000 crew and tourists from Costa Classica, the world’s five star cruise ship, for the second time this year.

Twenty four teams representing the 24 districts of HCMC have registered to join the Banh Tet (traditional sticky rice cake) making contest to select the best cakes to worship the Hung Kings on February 12, or December 29 of the lunar calendar.

An exhibition of calligraphy kicked off on January 24 at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House to celebrate the establishment of the upcoming spring season.

The number of people who have booked domestic and foreign tours ahead of the upcoming Tet (lunar New Year) holiday, has increased dramatically over the same period last year, said several tour operators in Ho Chi Minh City.

 At La Dolce Vita in downtown Saigon’s ancient Hotel Continental Saigon, the sound of coffee dripping from the filter can be heard despite the ruckus from the street as this terrace café is partly sheltered from the city noise

Nguyen Hue Boulevard in downtown HCMC will be transformed into a street of flowers for the country’s biggest holiday, Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival.

The Saigon Tourist Travel Agency (Saigontourist) has become a leading brand name for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism through its efforts to promote this new type of tourism.