Hot Air Balloon Festival to be organised at Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week
The event will take place for four days from December 8–11 and span 55,000 square metres across two locations, Nguyen Hue Walking Street in District 1 and Thu Thiem 2 Bridge Park in Thu Duc City.
The balloon service, which will be provided by TST Tourist Company, will cost VND 699,000 per passenger per ride of between 5–15 minutes. Passengers will have a chance to view Ho Chi Minh City from a height of 70 metres every day between 6–9am and 4–8pm, if weather conditions permit.
The second Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week will also feature the Hozo International Music Festival 2022, which will be the biggest outdoor music festival ever held in the city.
Besides the main stages for performance, there will be many outdoor areas for families and children, such as the campground, food court, and Art Zone, as well as an exhibition of the cultural and leisure industries.
The festival’s theme is ‘More Music, Less Plastic’. Artists and organisers call for the spirit of sustainable development, environmental protection, and reduction of plastic waste from all participants.
These events are expected to attract nearly 500,000 on-site and 10 million online visitors.
Director of the City Centre for Tourism Promotion Nguyen Cam Tu said that both festivals will be important highlights to attract holiday-makers to the city, thus contributing to promoting recovery and sustainable tourism development.
