Editing Ho Chi Minh City (section)

==Tourism==
{{Main|Declared monuments of Ho Chi Minh City}}{{see also|List of historic buildings in Ho Chi Minh City}}
[[File:Bui Vien Walking Street 1.jpg|thumb|Bùi Viện Walking Street is lined with hotels, coffee shops and bars catering to tourists.]]
Tourist attractions in the city are mainly related to periods of French colonisation and the Vietnam War. The city's centre has some wide American-style boulevards and a few [[French colonial]] buildings. The majority of these tourist spots are located in District 1 and are a short distance from each other. The most prominent structures in the city centre are the [[Reunification Palace]] (''{{lang|vi|Dinh Thống Nhất}}''), City Hall (''{{lang|vi|Ủy ban nhân dân Thành phố}}''), [[Municipal Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City|Municipal Theatre]] (''{{lang|vi|Nhà hát thành phố}}'', also known as the Opera House), City Post Office (''{{lang|vi|Bưu điện thành phố}}''), State Bank Office (''{{lang|vi|Ngân hàng Nhà nước}}''), City People's Court (''{{lang|vi|Tòa án nhân dân thành phố}}''), and [[Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon|Notre-Dame Cathedral]] (''{{lang|vi|Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn}}''), which was constructed between 1863 and 1880. Some of the historic hotels include the [[Hotel Majestic (Saigon)|Hotel Majestic]], dating from the French colonial era, and the [[Rex Hotel|Rex]] and Caravelle hotels, both of which are former hangouts for American officers and war correspondents in the 1960s & '70s.<ref>In 2014, tourism revenue has hit VND 78.7&nbsp;trillion (US$3.7&nbsp;billion), up to 4 percent compared to the same period in 2013.</ref>

The city has various museums including the [[Museum of Ho Chi Minh City|City Museum]], [[Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History|Museum of History]], the Revolutionary Museum, the Museum of south-eastern Armed Forces, the [[War Remnants Museum]], the Museum of Southern Women, the [[Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts|Museum of Fine Arts]], the Nhà Rồng Memorial House, and the Bến Dược Relic of Underground Tunnels. The [[Củ Chi tunnels]] are north-west of the city in [[Củ Chi District]]. The [[Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens]], in [[District 1, Ho Chi Minh City|District 1]], dates from 1865. The Đầm Sen Tourist and Cultural Park, [[Suối Tiên Amusement Park|Suối Tiên Amusement and Culture Park]], and Cần Giờ's Eco beach resort are three recreational sites inside the city which are popular with tourists. Aside from the Municipal Theatre, there are other places of entertainment such as the Bến Thành Theatre, Hòa Bình Theatre, and the Lan Anh Music Stage. The city is home to hundreds of cinemas and theatres, with cinema and drama theatre revenue accounting for 60–70% of Vietnam's total revenue in this industry.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Unlike other theatrical organisations found in Vietnam's provinces and municipalities, residents of the city keep their theatres active without the support of subsidies from the Vietnamese government. The city is also home to most of the private film companies in Vietnam.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}

Like many of Vietnam's smaller cities, the city boasts a multitude of restaurants serving typical Vietnamese dishes such as [[phở]] or [[rice vermicelli]]. Backpacking travellers most often frequent the "Backpackers' Quarter" on [[Phạm Ngũ Lão Street]] and [[Bùi Viện Street]], District 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tuoitrenews.vn/features/13002/ho-chi-minh-citys-westerners-town |title=Ho Chi Minh City backpackers' town – Tuoi Tre News |access-date=23 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808141518/http://tuoitrenews.vn/features/13002/ho-chi-minh-citys-westerners-town |archive-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

It was approximated that 4.3&nbsp;million tourists visited Vietnam in 2007, of which 70 percent, approximately 3&nbsp;million tourists, visited the city.<ref name="thongtinthuongmaivietnam1">[http://www.thongtinthuongmaivietnam.com.vn/IWINews.aspx?CatalogID=2426&ID=64806] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404095748/http://www.thongtinthuongmaivietnam.com.vn/IWINews.aspx?CatalogID=2426&ID=64806|date=4 April 2008}}</ref>
According to the most recent international tourist statistic, Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 6&nbsp;million tourists in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vietnamtourism.gov.vn/english/items/12419 |title=HCM City welcomes six millionth int'l visitor in 2017 |last=TITC |website=Tổng cục Du lịch Việt Nam}} {{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

According to [[Mastercard]]'s 2019 report, the city is also the country's second most visited city (18th in Asia Pacific), with 4.1&nbsp;million overnight international visitors in 2018 (after [[Hanoi]] with 4.8&nbsp;million visitors).<ref name="VNExpress">{{cite web |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/places/mastercard-lists-hanoi-hcmc-among-top-20-asia-pacific-travel-destinations-3982199.html |title=Mastercard lists Hanoi, HCMC among top 20 Asia-Pacific travel destinations |work=[[VNExpress]] |access-date=2019-11-13 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022012813/https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/places/mastercard-lists-hanoi-hcmc-among-top-20-asia-pacific-travel-destinations-3982199.html |archive-date=22 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>