The majority of popular tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels and travel agencies across Da Nang have already made preparations for serving visitors from both home and abroad during the imminent Lunar New Year period.

A foreign couple enjoying a city tour by cyclo

Local travel agencies are offering a wide range of attractive tours at preferential prices to meet the increasing travel demands of local residents during the festival.  Thanks to this, around 1,500 visitors have already booked Tet tours through the city-based Viet Nam Tourism Joint Stock Co (Vitours), whilst the figures at the local branch of Ben Thanh tourist and the DN Vacation companies are 1,500 and 1,000 respectively.

To date, over 90% of the rooms at the Hadana Boutique Hotel on Pham Van Dong have already been booked for Tet.  The hotel’s CEO, Mr Pham Ba Hoa, remarked, “The majority of customers have booked to stay at my hotel for at least 2 nights.  Like previous years, foreigners are likely to account for 70% of the total.  My hotel has already made plans to ensure the best services for our guests, and various Tet specialities have been prepared to serve them”.

The Truong Son Tung I and II hotels have taken bookings for 40% of their total rooms, with most being for foreigners.

Many local tourist attractions have already enhanced their landscapes and ensured environmental sanitation at their venues.  The Marble Mountains Tourist Area will be open throughout Tet, whilst the Ba Na Hills Resort will host numerous attractive programmes including a Carnival Festival from 29 January to 15 February and tours to admire the beauty of the bell-shaped peach blossom on the hills.  Meanwhile, Asia Park will debut its roller coaster, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, and open its 550-seater Indonesian restaurant in time for the Tet Festival.

The Nui Than Tai Hot Springs Park will be closed from 24 - 28 January but will re-open to the public on 29 January.  The park has committed to retain its usual prices during the festival, and some of its bathing services will be offered free-of-charge to visitors who have booked its accommodation service.

A wide range of cultural and arts events will be held across the city to attract visitors.  Details of all these events can be found in our What’s On section.

The municipal Department of Tourism has urged all local tourism service providers to ensure the best services for their customers, display the prices of their services and sell at those prices, and ensure food safety and hygiene for visitors.