Although Da Nang has great tourism potential, it has yet to fully promote its key advantages.  According to tourism experts, the city should focus on creating more attractions to further the development of the local tourism sector.

The General Director of the Germany-based Chao Global company, Mr Paul Stoll, stressed the need for Da Nang to build international-standard entertainment centres in addition to offering world-class services.  He suggested that an international amusement park like the Disneyland model should be developed in the city.

Mr Stoll remarked that the city’s Ba Na Hills Resort is one of the city’s popular tourist attractions for visitors from home and abroad, and an emphasis should be put on promoting this resort internationally.  Mr Paul also said that Ba Na Hills Resort is an ideal venue for holiday trips, and for hosting national and international economic and cultural events.

Mr Nathan Lauer, a US researcher into the history of Champa, said that, unlike Ha Noi, Hue Citadel, and Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City, Da Nang has few historical sites.  However, the city is well-known for its Museum of Cham Sculpture, which is the only one of its kind in Viet Nam.  The museum has been recognised by UNESCO as an interconnection between the World Heritage Sites of Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam.  However, the US researcher noted that the city’s museum could become more popular with domestic and foreign visitors with better advertising and more funding.

The Head of the Viet Nam Institute of Economics, Associate Professor Dr Tran Dinh Thien, remarked that Da Nang offers marine, river, mountain, cultural and spiritual tourism.  The city’s most popular cultural and spiritual tourism sites are located on the central region’s heritage route, which includes the Hue Citadel, Da Nang, Hoi An City and My Son Sanctuary.

Mr Thien emphasised the need for the city to develop more types of luxury experience tourism by developing a tourism centre linking the Hai Van Pass with Chan May Port, Lang Co Bay, and the Bach Ma National Park, all in Thua Thien-Hue Province.  The centre will feature various different types of tourism, with a focus on mountain tourism (adventure tourism), and marine tourism (discovery tourism).  He noted that Da Nang will enjoy more benefits if top priority is given to expanding tourism links with other localities in the region.