HO CHI MINH City Walking Street in District 10 with nearly 50 restaurants, shopping, the investment cost of 2.5 billion VND welcomes guests from 6pm to 23pm every Tuesday to Sunday.
On the evening of December 29, the pedestrian street in the Quang Trung monument area located in Ward 6 officially opened after a month of experimenting, attracting more than 500 visitors on weekdays, 1,000 visitors on weekends. Food and shopping stalls with an area of 4-7 m2, dining area with an area of 400 m2, do not sell alcoholic beverages.
The pedestrian street has 3 parking lots for motorbikes, accommodating more than 900 cars, a free public toilet. On the weekends, the pedestrian street will have cultural activities, street cultural exchanges. On the 2nd day, the pedestrian street is not active to clean, clean, and maintain facilities …
Mr. Vu Anh Khoa, Chairman of District 10 People’s Committee, said that Quang Trung monument area has been formed for more than 30 years, sticking with the people. The idea of revamping the area and developing a pedestrian city has been implemented by the district in 2017, after three years to complete. This is a place to relax, play healthy for people every night and will be a symbol of culture and economy of the district.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has Nguyen Hue pedestrian street (District 1) operating since April 2015. More than 2 km away, Bui Vien pedestrian street (District 1) opened in August 2017. District 3 People’s Committee has just proposed to open two pedestrian streets in the area of Ho Con Rua and Nguyen Thuong Hien. The Center for the Management and Exploitation of Infrastructure was also assigned to develop a pedestrian street organization plan at 5 Dong Khoi, Le Loi, Ham Nghi, Thai Van Lung, and Thi Sach streets, all in District 1.
According to the Transportation and Urban Consulting Company Limited – a consulting unit of 5 pedestrian streets, the economic benefits of the pedestrian street are great. Specifically, Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, which the survey team in 2019, usually has more than 3,300 people coming, spending about 2.3 billion VND; 6,600 people at the end of the week, nearly 12 billion dong of shopping. The pedestrian street helps business households here increase their income by 50-70% compared to before. Land prices and ground rentals increased by 20% after two weeks of operating pedestrian streets.
Similarly, at Bui Vien pedestrian street in 2019, the number of daily customers is about 5,300 people and spending on services is more than 2.8 billion VND. At the end of the week, the number of visitors reached 7,100 people per day, spending more than 8 billion VND. Turnover of business households increases 30-50% compared with before setting up pedestrian streets.
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