In addition to the positive signs from this year’s cruise ship season, Da Nang has also seen a significant increase in the number of both air passengers and flights.  This has made a remarkable contribution to the city's tourism revenue.

According to the latest figures released by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the city has so far this year welcomed more than 743,000 international visitors.  An estimated 264,200 of them arrived in the city by air, an 80% year-on-year increase.  The impressive figures can be mainly attributed to the increase of international routes by 8, doubling the figure for the same period last year.  There are now a total of 4 scheduled and 12 charter routes. 

Presenting flowers to a Korean air passenger arriving in Da Nang from Busan City

Of the total number of foreign air passengers arriving in Da Nang, the highest number is from China.  The city’s branch of the Quoc Do Trade and Tourism Company, one of the companies which focuses on Chinese tourists, said that there has been up to a 30% increase in the number of flight services operating between Da Nang and some of the major cities and provinces of China.  As a result, the city has seen about a 50% year-on-year increase in the number of Chinese arrivals this year.