(VOVworld)- The 8th annual Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival closed yesterday after 4 days of entertaining more than 200,000 visitors. 76 participating tourism companies offered bargain tour packages and promotions for this year’s summer vacations.

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Director of Anh Viet Tourism Company, Nguyen Khoa Luan, said: "Our company never misses this annual festival or other programs to promote Vietnam’s tourism. Despite a tough economy this year, tourism companies nationwide were well-prepared for this event. The strategy for our tourism products has been to offer unique and attractive features and this has proved to be very effective."