The An Thuong Tourism Area in Da Nang’s Ngu Hanh Son District is being bounded by 4 main streets, namely Hoang Ke Viem to north, Ngo Thi Sy to the South, Chau Thi Vinh Te to the west, and Vo Nguyen Giap to the east. This area is now home to a total of over 140 tourism service providers.

Visitors walking along Tran Bach Dang street located in An Thuong Tourism Area

According to a spokesperson for the My An Ward People’s Committee, accommodation establishments in the An Thuong Tourism Area hosted up to 1,500 visitors a day during the peak season (between April and September).

Recent years have seen an annual average growth rate of 30% in the number of domestic and foreign tourist arrivals, with up to 90% of them have come back to this area.  The majority of the visitors are from the USA, South Korea, Japan, Australia, China, and European countries.

Although the An Thuong Tourism Area has recently emerged as one of the city’s inviting places, there are several shortcomings in the management and monitoring of business activities and services there.

Specifically mentioned are the illegal encroachment of trading activities onto the streets’ pavements which leads to pedestrians spilling onto the roads, and the increasing number of street vendors.

Most notably, the travelling of trucks carrying construction materials through the area, and some construction sites nearby, have affected the environmental sanitation and caused possible traffic accidents.

Mr Truong Bang Linh, Director of the Management Board of Transport Infrastructure Construction and Maintenance Projects, remarked that his unit has cooperated with relevant local agencies to ensure the traffic safety in the An Thuong Tourism Area.

In particular, the focus has been on repainting blurred pedestrian crossing, placing 30km/h speed limit signs on streets within this area, and banning vehicles, especially tourist coaches, from using their horns on these streets.

Director Linh added that numerous outdoor entertainment activities and events would be held in the An Thuong Tourism Area, whilst the model of the Mediterranean International Market or the Flow House in Thailand’s Bangkok City would be deployed there, in a bid to attract even more visitors.

In addition, importance would be attached to guaranteeing the absolute safety of visitors, and ensuring the effective management of the tourism service providers to make sure that their operation in accordance with Vietnamese laws.