A Tourist's Guide to Love is the first foreign film shot in Vietnam after the COVID-19 pandemic. The film tells a story about a travel executive (Rachael Leigh Cook) who accepts an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam. Along the way she finds adventure and romance with her Vietnamese expat tour guide when they decide to reroute the tour bus in order to explore life and love off the beaten path.

The script was written by Vietnamese-American Eirene Donohue, inspired by her own travels while exploring her homeland. The rom-com was filmed at five prominent landmarks of Vietnam including Hanoi, Hoi An (Quang Nam), Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Ha Giang.