Da Nang has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists in recent years.

Rong (Dragon) Bridge in Da Nang

Last year, the city was honoured as 'Asia’s Leading Festival and Event Destination' at the World Travel Awards Asia and Australasia Gala Ceremony.

Municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh said that his city hopes to forge tourism links with other central localities, with a focus on sea-based tourism, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism, culture-history tourism, and ecological tourism.

It will regularly host tourism, sports, culture, and festival events at national, regional and international levels to make Da Nang a friendly destination, Mr Minh added.

Da Nang hopes to welcome 9 million visitors by 2020, 30% of whom being international holidaymakers, and rake in 31.5 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) in revenue.

In the fourth quarter of this year, the city has been completing the amendments to a master plan on tourism development by 2025, with a vision toward 2030.  It has been implementing a project on preferential policies to develop Thua Thien Hue-Da Nang-Quang Nam tourism, and promote tourism in key markets in Asia.

Da Nang is famous for its beautiful landscape, especially beaches, and its popular attractions. Visitors can discover the natural wonders in Ba Na Hills Resort, explore the jungle in the Son Tra Peninsula, and pray at the Linh Ung Pagoda with Viet Nam’s highest Bodhisattva Statue at 67 metres.

In 2017, Da Nang is likely to host a total of 6.5 million visitors, including more than 2 million foreigners. The city is now home to 83 investment projects in tourism and services worth around 7.3 billion USD.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)