Da Nang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang and the national flagcarrier Vietnam Airlines signed an agreement on cooperation in tourism, tradeand investment promotion on January 9.
Under the deal, Da Nang will give support policies to Vietnam Airlines’flights to the locality, while coordinating with the carrier and travelagencies to promote ticket sales.
Meanwhile, Vietnam Airlines will assist Da Nang in hosting national andinternational cultural, sport and tourism events by giving special preferentialpolicies to passengers flying to Da Nang for tourism and trade promotionactivities.
Both sides will strengthen advertisement of each other, while workingtogether to build tourism products for Da Nang.
Addressing the signing ceremony in the city, Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, ViceChairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee said that the deal opens new chancesfor the city to bolster its tourism as well as external relations, helping thecity call for investment and strengthen cultural exchanges with localities inother regions and countries.
For his part, Vietnam Airlines Deputy General Director Trinh Ngoc Thanhsaid that the agreement is a giant step in promoting Da Nang’s tourism andtrade development. The image and role of Vietnam Airlines in localities nationwideand other countries will also be strengthened, he said.
In the coming time, Vietnam Airlines plans to operate new internationalroutes to Da Nang, he revealed.
Da Nang, the tourism hub of the central and Central Highlands regions,welcomed 6.6 million visitors in 2017, up nearly 20 percent compared to 2016.Tourists flew to Da Nang in the year was nearly 1.6 million, a surge of 74.4percent year on year. Da Nang has launched its T2 terminal with a capacity ofserving 6 million passengers per year.-VNA