In the first half of 2012, around 130 new hotels opened in HCM City, mostly of the one and two-star classification, with an average of 10 rooms in the former and 20 in the latter, according to the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The city now has nearly 1,000 hotels with more than 28,900 rooms. The occupancy rate at three- to five-star hotels in the first six months was 67 per cent, a drop of three percentage points from the same period last year, and their average room rent was VND1.95 million (US$85) per night.

35 new travel firms providing international services also opened in the first six months of the year.

Source:VNS

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