ITE HCMC 2023 (Photo: Organising Board)

The 18th ITE HCMC 2024 is endorsed by Vietnam National Authority of Tourism and Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism; Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Center cooperates with CIS Vietnam Company and Le Bros Company to implement.

One of the key tasks of ITE HCMC 2024 is to expand the international visitor market to Vietnam. Therefore, the travel expo will be a meeting point for domestic and international tourism businesses, especially those in the lower Mekong River countries, to seek business opportunities and provide diverse products to customers. It is also a place for units to access new products and business models, welcoming the "wave" of sustainable tourism development.

According to surveys by major travel agencies in the world, visitors are increasingly more aware of tourism activities associated with environmental and social protection and preserving local culture. They also tend to choose hotels, restaurants, tours... that practice sustainability for the environment and the community. Therefore, sustainable development is becoming a key competitive factor for countries and destinations, and that is why the 18th ITE HCMC 2024 will be held under the theme “Sustainable Travel - Creating Future”.

Meanwhile, Vietnam is a destination with many favourable conditions for sustainable tourism development. However, some domestic businesses are still having difficulty implementing sustainable tourism models according to international standards. Therefore, the travel expo will be a place to share specific lessons and experiences, good solutions from domestic and international experts for businesses to refer to.

In the framework of ITE HCMC 2024, a series of seminars, conferences, and tourism forums will take place with the participation of Government, MOCST’s leaders, local tourism management agencies, domestic and international travel businesses. Speakers will discuss together to promote sustainable tourism development through ESG (E - Environmental, S - Social, G - Governance, which aims to evaluate and measure factors of sustainable development), responsible tourism associated with nature protection, banning wildlife trade and saying no to ivory…

Remarkably, “Net Zero Travel & Tourism - Creating future” will be the theme of the High-level tourism forum at this ITE HCMC. The Organising Board hopes that the forum will bring many practical solutions and propose many policies to develop tourism in the direction of green growth, sustainability and environmentally responsibility.

Up to now, the Organising Board has received the registration of nearly 300 units from 38 provinces and cities across the country. Especially the ITE HCMC attracts the participation of many international partners from Korea, Russia, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan (China), Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar… Moreover, ITE HCMC 2024 will be held in a hybrid format, a combination of physical booths and online events such as 2D Online Booths, and Online Appointment Schedules between international buyers and sellers.

The Organising Board hopes that ITE HCMC 2024 will attract more than 500 exhibitors, with more than 220 international buyers from 45 countries and territories. The travel expo is expected to create more than 10,000 trade appointments and direct contacts between domestic and international tourism businesses.

ITE HCMC 2024 also receives strong support from strategic partners such as Vietnam Airlines Corporation (Vietnam Airlines) - the official airline of the expo; The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), Vietjet Air and international airlines inviting members and international partners to attend the exhibition.

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