HCMC among world's least expensive destinations: travel blog

By Hoang Phong April 23, 2023 | 09:54 pm PT

Landmark 81, Vietnam's tallest building, is lit up at night. Photo by Pham Huy Trung

A five-day stay in Ho Chi Minh City only costs a person US$259, putting it sixth in the list of cheapest tourist destinations in the world.

The list published by travel blog Traveller's Elixir is topped by the Indian capital New Delhi at $181 followed by Cambodia's Phnom Penh ($224).

The blog studied 60 of the world's most popular travel destinations to determine which ones are light on tourists' pockets based on a three-star hotel stay, daily food and transportation costs and entry tickets of tourist attractions.

Kathmandu in Nepal is third at $229 followed by Tbilisi in Georgia ($249) and Medellin in Colombia ($255).

The top 10 is rounded off by Chiang Mai and Bangkok in Thailand, Cairo in Egypt and Luang Prabang in Laos.

Monaco is the most expensive destination at $2,258.