HCM City loses out on cruise tourism without large portsVietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City tourism sector needs to provide better inputs to the Government and improve marketing and promotion to maximise the city’s tourism potential, experts have said. Tourists in downtown HCM City. HCM City has thus missed the chance to attract high-spending cruise passengers, most of them from Europe, who spend an average of $100 a day, she said. City authorities should quickly resolve this problem since large cruise ships would hugely benefit the city’s tourism industry, she added. Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the city Department of Tourism, said ports in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province prefer container ships purely for economic reasons.

Source: VietNamNet News August 17, 2018 06:22 UTC