Visitors in Da Nang (Source: VNA)Da Nang (VNA) - The central city of Da Nang welcomed 328,810 visitorsduring the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival 2019 (February 2 -10), ayear-on-year increase of 10.7 percent.
According to the municipal Department of Tourism, attractive sites included theCham sculpture museum, Ba Na Hills, Da Nang Museum, Than Tai mineral water park,Sun World Da Nang and Son Tra - Linh Ung pagoda.
The number of international visitors to DaNang during Tet hit 158,328, up 19.9 percent compared to the same period lastyear.
Deputy Director of the department Truong Thi Hong Hanh said this time is peak tourismseason for the markets of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Europe andAmerica, and Vietnamese expats.
The increase of holiday-makers to Da Nang is also attributed to the recent operationof international air routes from Incheon, Busan and Daegu of the RoK to DaNang, Osaka- Da Nang, Bangkok - Da Nang, and Doha - Da Nang.
Da Nang has become a destination forboth domestic and foreign tourists thanks to its location near world culturalheritages, diverse tourism products and a port system which can serveinternational cruise ships.
The city aims to welcome 8.19 million visitorsthroughout 2019, up 6.9 percent year-on-year, which includes 3.19 millionforeigners, an increase of 11 percent. The tourism sector aims to gross 27.4trillion VND (1.18 billion USD) in revenue, up 13.9 percent against theprevious year.-VNA
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