Malaysia Airlines-operated flight MH748, carrying nearly 160 passengers from Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, landed at Da Nang International Airport at Tuesday noon.

Malaysian tourists coming to Da Nang on the Malaysia Airlines-operated first direct flight from Kuala Lumpur on September 24, 2024. Photo: THU HA

Representatives of Da Nang’s tourism sector, and other relevant agencies, held an artistic performance to welcome these Malaysian travellers. The tourists were also offered flowers and souvenirs. Three of them luckily received special gifts from Malaysia Airlines and Da Nang's tourism authorities.

Malaysia Airlines operates the Kuala Lumpur - Da Nang route with a frequency of 7 flights per week using B737-800 aircraft, increasing the frequency of flights between the two localities to 28 flights per week.

Coming to Da Nang for the first time, Mr. Muhamad Izwan Ab Manan, a Malaysian tourist, was impressed with the beauty of the beach city of Da Nang. He planned to stay in the city for 4 days to visit some of local popular tourist destinations such as the Cau Vang (Golden Bridge) at the Sun World Ba Na Hills Tourist Area, the Dragon Bridge, and Da Nang beaches.

The three luckiest passengers of the flight receiving flowers and special gifts from Malaysia Airlines and Da Nang's tourism authorities. Photo: THU HA

Chairman of the Da Nang Tourism Association Cao Tri Dung assessed that Malaysia's national airline has a very large flight network to other international markets. This will be a potential market to Da Nang, and the opening of the Kuala Lumpur - Da Nang air route marks a larger, deeper and more sustainable development step for Da Nang’s tourism industry. This also shows the effectiveness of the city's previous tourism promotion trip to Malaysia.

According to Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Tourism Tan Van Vuong, Malaysia has been listed in top ten international tourist markets to Da Nang. In recent times, leaders of the local tourism industry and tourism businesses have organised a number of activities to promote tourism in Malaysia.

The new flight route from Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur is expected to contribute to bringing more visitors from this market to Da Nang in the near future. Photo: THU HA

In the coming time, the city's tourism industry will continue to coordinate with Malaysia's national airline to organize famtrips and presstrips, facilitating KOLs, travel firms and media agencies in Malaysia, to visit, survey and experience local tourism products.

The opening of a new air route between Kuala Lumpur and Da Nang has increased the total number of flights between Kuala Lumpur and Viet Nam to 34 flights per week.

With a flight network spanning Asia, Europe, and Oceania with nearly 1,000 destinations in more than 170 countries and territories worldwide, Da Nang’s tourism industry expects Malaysia Airlines to be a bridge for the city to expand its tourist market to other destinations around the world.

Reporting by THU HA - Translating by M.DUNG