VietNamNet Bridge – Blocking their way, holding back, clinging to
purchase goods everywhere are the problems of foreign visitors in Ho Chi
Minh City for many years.
VietNamNet Bridge – Blocking their way, holding back, clinging to purchase goods everywhere are the problems of foreign visitors in Ho Chi Minh City for many years.
In recent years, the number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh City
has been on the rise. The experience of street culture and the change of
the city is the attraction to foreign visitors.
According to many foreign visitors, in addition to food, interesting
traffic, souvenirs in Vietnam are not attractive. Besides clothing, key
chains, street vendors on Bui Vien Street, Ben Thanh market, etc. often
offer products originating from China, such as lighters, wallets, and
phone pouches.
At the areas which have many foreigners, there are a big number of vendors.
With their Pidgin English, street vendors are ready to block the way
of tourists to offer them fake Zippo lighters, key chains or purses...
A Chinese wallet worth $2-3 is offered for $5-10.
Vendors are not afraid to chase visitors who are sightseeing to ask them to buy something, although they do not need them.
Even when foreign visitors sit in a restaurant, they are not “spared” by vendors.
At the online conference on the implementation of cultural tourism on
January 10, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said that the local
governments must control street vendors to not let them unsettle
tourists.
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