A seminar took place in Da Nang on Wednesday to discuss ways to turn tourism into a pillar industry by 2020, with a focus on luxury cruise tourism.

A prosperous corner of the city (Photo: DNO/ Dang No)

The city plans to restructure tourism to ensure sustainable development, raise awareness of officials, cadres, workers and travel agencies about the enforcement of Tourism Law 2017.  In addition, the focus will be on investing in technical infrastructure, promoting tourism marketing, raising tourism workforce quality, enhancing State management of this sector, and diversify tourism products.

General Director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan suggested taking a flexible approach to tourism development, towards turning Da Nang into a leading MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) tourism hub.

As of September 2017, Da Nang had been home to 653 accommodation establishments with 25,756 rooms in total, 313 travel agencies, 3,158 tour guides and 28 international flights to the city.

The city expects to have welcomed 8.9 – 9.35 million tourists by 2020, growth of nearly 14% from 2016 - 2020. Total tourism earnings are likely to hit 36.4 trillion VND (1.61 billion USD), contributing roughly 25% to the local economy.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)