Da Nang has urged investors of beach resorts to dismantle barriers to allow local people to use beaches freely and easily.

The decision was announced by municipal People's Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho at an architecture and planning meeting recently.

Five star resorts and hotels have sprung up along the 25km beach road that links Da Nang and Hoi An, leaving few public beaches.

My Khe beach in Son Tra District (Source: VNA)

This resulted in overcrowding at My Khe beach when thousands of people arrived on hot days.

Dozens of resorts in Ngu Hanh Son District built steel fence walls to protect their undeveloped area on beach, but none have begun construction.

"The city will negotiate with undeveloped resort owners to open access to public beaches for local people," Tho said.

"The city had allocated land for beach resort investors, but we will persuade them to dismantle the barriers," he said.

He said the beach area outside investors land must be left free for the public.

Beachside resorts and entertainment centres along coastal roads from Vo Nguyen Giap in Son Tra District to Ngu Hanh Son District all occupy a large beach area in front of their buildings.

The city's chairman instructed the construction department to open 15m or 20m wide roads to the beach so locals and tourists could use it.

Beach resorts and hotels stand side by side along the 20km coastal road, so local people had to pay to use beaches or use crowded public beaches.

(Source: VNA)