South Koreans are expected to soon surpass Chinese tourists to become the biggest group of visitors in Da Nang, and officials said the city’s golf courses have been 'a major attraction'.

Da Nang says golf courses a big hit among South Korean tourists

Da Nang, Viet Nam’s 3^rd largest city, received around 300,000 visitors from South Korea during the first 9 months this year. More than a quarter of all South Koreans travelling to Viet Nam in the period visited the city.

The city said the number is currently equal to that of Chinese arrivals, but is expected to surge in the remaining months of the year.

South Korean visitors are allowed to stay in Viet Nam for 15 days without a visa.

Several new, regular direct flights were launched last year, connecting Da Nang with Busan and Seoul.

The city has 4 big courses and several Vietnamese travel companies have been promoting them in South Korea for several years.

There are around 54 flights from Busan and Seoul to Da Nang every week, twice the number seen around this time last year.

Da Nang, which is best known for beautiful beaches and mountain sites, received more than 1.3 million foreign tourists in the first 9 months of this year, up 26% against the same period of last year.

(Source: VnExpress/ Da Nang Today)