Da Nang city launches its tourism promotion programme in attracting 8.4 million tourists in 2024. (Photo: VNA)Da Nang city’s tourism department said a series of festivals have been listedin the festive schedule from March to the end of this year, creating differentoptions for international and domestic travellers for summer vacations andexploring entertainment events in 2024.
Deputy Director of the municipal tourism promotion agency Truong Lan Huong saidat least 5,000 triathletes would join the annual Vinfast Ironman 70.3 Vietnam,while thousands of visitors and athletes will be taking part in the ASEANSchool Sports Games, the Da Nang Asian Film Festival, BRG Open GolfChampionship, Da Nang International Fireworks Festival and International streetarts event.
She said thousands of vouchers have been reserved for gastronomers,accommodation, fireworks festival and food tour service at night.
Han River and iconic colourful light-flooded bridges will be rendezvous for alltourists exploring the amazing night of Da Nang on river cruises and friendlyvehicles. The city has introduced Bach Dang pedestrian street to create atranquil space for all tourists on the Han River banks, she said.
The city will offer gifts for 100 couples hosting wedding parties in Da Nang,or spending honeymoon in the city as well. We also reserve promotions forcouples booking Da Nang as a favourite destination for their weddinganniversary, she added.
A report from the city’s tourism department unveiled 1.88 million tourists, ofwhich 600,000 are international, had stayed in the city in the first quarter ofthis year, a 23.4% increase in comparison to the same period last year.
Nearly 10,000 flights carried 1.6 million passengers to the city in the firstthree months of 2024. International flights accounted for 50% of total flightsin the first quarter, it said.
The city plans to resume and launch five air routes connecting Da Nang withTaichung city and Kaohsiung city of Taiwan (China), Vientiane, Laos, Manila,the Philippines and chartered flights from Fukushima, Japan in the second quarter.
Da Nang, in cooperation with neighbouring Thua Thien – Hue province and VietnamRailway Corporation has offered two pairs of train serving tourists withcheck-in and gastronomy space during the three-hour trip between Da Nang and Hue.
The tourism hub in central Vietnam, which was designed as a destination ofMeeting, Incentives, Conferencing and Exhibition (MICE) events, has a target ofhosting 8.4 million visitors in 2024.
More than 9,000 runners alone joined the 2024 Da Nang International Marathon onMarch 24.
Early this year, some of the city’s resorts were chosen as ideal venues forIndian couples' weddings and accommodation for their relatives and friends tostay for several days./.
VNA
