HCM CITY ( WNAM MONITORING ): HCM City’s tourism sector cannot achieve comprehensive growth without close coordination among government authorities, businesses, related sectors and stronger regional linkages, officials said at a conference held in HCM City on July 18.
The Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City (ITPC) in coordination with the Department of Tourism, held the dialogue conference between tourism enterprises and city authorities to address challenges and gather proposals from the business community.
Speaking at the event, ITPC Director Trần Phú Lữ stressed that the merger of HCM City with former provinces of Bình Dương and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu on July 1 opens up opportunities for the city’s tourism sector.
The integration is expected to expand development space, diversify tourism offerings, enhance regional connectivity, and help build a modern, synchronised tourism ecosystem aligned with sustainable growth objectives.
However, Lữ acknowledged that the tourism sector also faces significant challenges in this new phase, requiring improved governance capacity and greater adaptability.
He underscored that close coordination between authorities and businesses is essential to mobilise resources and drive long-term, sustainable tourism development.
Echoing this view, Bùi Thị Ngọc Hiếu, deputy director of the Department of Tourism, said that tourism development demands a cohesive strategy between public and private stakeholders.
“The tourism sector cannot grow comprehensively without cross-sector and regional linkages, and the active engagement of all relevant parties,” she said.
