Tourists to Da Nang on holiday surge

Tourists enjoy their holiday in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)

Da Nang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang welcomed more than 254,000tourists in the four-day holiday of the Liberation of the South and National ReunificationDay (April 30) and May Day (May 1), a 3.4-fold increase compared to that of thesame period last year.

Of the total, there are 246,600 domestic visitors and 7,400foreigners, said Director of the municipal Tourism Department Truong Thi HongHanh, adding that they mainly come from surrounding provinces in the centralregion, and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

According to her, during the holiday from October 30 to May3, the city has organised a wide range of attractive cultural and tourismevents and programmes.

Some destinations attractive to tourists include Sun WorldBa Na Hills, Than Tai Mountain Hot Spring Park, Ngu Hanh Son, and MikazukiWater Park.

The room capacity of 4-5 star hotels and resorts isestimated at over 70 percent, of which that of coastal hotels surpassed 90percent.

The gradual return of tourists has contributed to the earlyrecovery and development of the local tourism industry, one of the key economicsectors of Da Nang city, Hanh affirmed./.

VNA