To mark the 55^th birthday of Viet Nam Tourism (9 July), the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DCST) on Saturday held a get-together for its staff members.

At the event, municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Dang Viet Dung said he hoped that the city’s tourism sector would record even greater achievements in the years ahead to affirm its position as a large tourism hub in Viet Nam.

Over the past 55 years, the municipal DCST (former name known as the Quang Nam-Da Nang Tourism Company), has recorded numerous remarkable achievements in many aspects.

Foreign tourists buying souvenirs at a local market

Over the recent years, the city has seen a boom in the number of entertainment centres and tourist attractions which have together created over 20,626 jobs for local residents.

Da Nang welcomed 1.77 million visitors in 2010, and this figure hit over 3.81 million in 2014.  The city is expected to have welcomed 4.43 million visitors by the end of this year.

Between 2011 and 2015, the city saw the volume of tourist arrivals increase by 20.14% on average per year.  The total revenue of the local tourism sector reached 3,098 billion VND in 2010, increased to 9,870 billion VND in 2014, and is expected to hit 11,800 billion VND by the end of this year.

To date, Da Nang has attracted 74 tourism projects, with a total investment capital of 8,042 million USD.  The city is now home to 198 travel agencies, along with 478 hotels and resorts with a total of 17,671 rooms. 

In addition, various attractive and diversified tourism products have been developed in the city to attract more visitors.  These include the Ba Na Hills Resort, along with numerous entertainment centres and beachside resorts.  In particular, many of the city’s large events have become popular with visitors from both home and abroad, and they have helped the city to attract an increasing number of visitors.