Da Nang now has around 600 accommodation establishments offering a total of 22,478 rooms for visitors during the upcoming Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017 between 30 April and 24 June. 

Spectacular fireworks over the Han River

According to representatives from some local hotels, there should be no shortage of rooms for visitors during the festival because the event will be extended to nearly 2 months instead of the 2 nights of previous years.

The opening night of DIFF 2017 (30 April) will coincide with the National Reunification Day (30 April) and International Labour Day (1 May) public holidays.  As a result, according to the municipal Tourism Department’s Accommodation Service Management Division, the number of tourist arrivals to the city is expected to increase significantly during the period.  The average room occupancy rates in local hotels, therefore, are expected to be between 50% and 100% . 

Over the DIFF weekend, room rates at 1 - 3 star hotels are likely to increase by up to 50% compared with normal days, whilst those at 2 and 3 star hotels located near local beaches will range between 1.1 and 1.2 million VND per night, which is double their normal prices.

In attempting to ensure the best quality of services for visitors, a focus will be on increasing checks and tightening the monitoring of tourism services between 20 April and 24 June.

In particular, local relevant agencies will conduct more inspections of local tourism service providers to ensure effective management of the prices of their accommodation, passenger transport, catering and parking services.

Importance will also be attached to ensuring local tourism service providers display the prices of their services, and sell them at those prices.  Any violations detected will be dealt with in a timely fashion, and administrative fines will be imposed.

In addition, greater efforts will be made to publicise the city’s regulations about tourism services amongst the general public through the mass media to encourage them not to use poor quality tourism services.