Anhui is home to an array of landscapes such as Huangshan Mountain, Changjiang (Yangtze) River, Huai River, and Xin'an River that attract a large number of visitors each year.

Speaking at the event, Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Department, noted that China is one of the main tourism markets for Vietnam.

Chinese tourists ranked third among foreign arrivals in Ho Chi Minh City in 2019, amounting to more than 1.2 million, she reminded.

Hieu expressed optimism that through the event tourism services and products of both Vietnam and China, particularly Ho Chi Minh City and Anhui, would be increasingly developed.

For his part, Zhen Yi, representative of Anhui province, shared that Ho Chi Minh City is the most vibrant tourism market in Vietnam. Currently, residents of the southern city have to transit in Quangzhou and Shanghai if they wish to fly to the Chinese locality.

He outlined his hope that through the conference there will be direct flights with attractive prices launched in the near future to connect Ho Chi Minh City and Anhui, thereby meeting the demands of people from the two sides.

At the event, travel businesses of the two localities also signed a cooperation agreement to further develop tourism services in the future.