Most recently, Da Nang has continuously welcomed international famtrip and presstrip delegations of bloggers and representatives from travel and media agencies to survey local tourism products and attractions. These guests have played a vital role in promoting the image of Da Nang as a beautiful, friendly, and hospitable city to their international friends.

Some members of a presstrip delegation from Bulgaria at the over 1000-year-old banyan tree on Da Nang's Son Tra Peninsula

During their recent 5-day trip to the seaside city, members of a presstrip delegation from Bulgaria visited the Museum of Cham Sculpture, the Marble Mountain Tourist Area, the Son Tra Peninsula, the Sun World Ba Na Hills Resort, the Nui Than Tai Hot Spring Park, and Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City.

In addition, they had the opportunity to experience such interesting beach sports as jet skiing, canoeing, water-skiing, and paragliding.

After experiencing paragliding, Ms Iva Todorova from the Eight magazine couldnot hide her excitement at the amazing beauty of the city from sky.

“Looking from above, beaches are very beautiful. The city looks quite peaceful and slightly lazy compared with other European cities. With their clear blue waters and soft white sands which sparkle in the sunlight, all the beaches become a favourite rendezvous for foreigners from European countries”, she remarked.

The foreigner noted other special thing is that prices of tourism services in the city are affordable, which is very suitable for travel lovers.

Ms Znezhina Vladimirova from the Probit.bg magazine revealed that this was the first time she had visited Da Nang. She was very impressed with the city’s amazing landscapes with beautiful mountains, romantic rivers, and clean beaches.

Meanwhile, blogger Magdalena Gigova has arrived in Da Nang for the second time. The foreign guest visited some of the city’s popular attractions, and went to beaches for sunbathing, swimming, and playing exciting beach sports.

The blogger expressed his impression on the city’s stunning coastline which stretches to Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City.

He, therefore, highlighted the importance of advertising the city’s beautiful beaches and its stunning scenery to international friends in a bid to promote the development of the local tourism industry.

Ms Stilyana Emilova Yonova, a communications and marketing specialist of Qatar Airway in Bulgaria emphasised thanks to the recent opening of Doha-Da Nang non-stop service, reporters, journalists, and travel bloggers have the opportunity to arrive in the seaside city.

She said she was very impressed with the city’s improved infrastructure, delicious specialties, and the friendliness and hospitality of the local residents.

Ms Yonova also underlined the significance of making greater efforts to introduce the beautiful images of Da Nang to international tourist markets, especially to European travellers.

Two foreign reporters experiencing a water sport at a beach

Ms Huynh Thi Huong Lan, Deputy Director of the municipal Tourism Promotion Centre, underscored the importance of inviting more international famtrip and presstrip delegations to the city in promoting the image of the local tourism industry to international tourists. After their visit to Da Nang, foreign reporters and bloggers will write introductory articles about tourist attractions to their readers.

In particular, last year, the centre invited Miss World contestants from Thailand, Japan, Srilanka, Myanmar, India and the Philippines, plus famous bloggers from Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and the UK to Da Nang.

According to the city’s tourism promotion plan for 2019, the focus will be on welcoming international famtrip and presstrip delegations to Da Nang.

Especifically, after hosting the presstrip delegation from Bulgaria, the city will continue to receive a presstrip delegation from Bosnia and a famtrip from Malaysia in May, plus famtrip delegations from China and Hong Kong in September, presstrip and famtrip delegations from South Korea in October, and others from Europe and Qatar in December.