HCMC beats Bangkok, Jakarta to become Asia’s second cheapest city for tourists

The list is based on searches on travel aggregation website Kayak between January and June this year for travel to Asia between June and December.

Travel+Leisure editors then combined the average round-trip economy airfare from the U.S. with the average rate of a one-night stay in a standard double hotel room to determine the 10 cheapest cities for travelers.

The average total cost for a round-trip flight and one-night stay at a hotel HCMC was $1,452, only after Taiwan’s Taipei, voted as Asia’s cheapest city with the average price standing at $1,411.

“Vietnam Airlines now has direct flights from San Francisco to HCMC, which can be really good value,” according to Travel+Leisure.

The average total cost in Hanoi was $1,546.

Comparing to other Southeast Asian destinations, traveling to HCMC was much cheaper than in Jakarta (1,478), Bangkok ($1,493), Manila ($1,495) and Kuala Lumpur ($1,505).