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Da Nang: Activities held to lure tourists during New Year holidays

Da Nang will organise numerous activities during New Year holidays, with an aim of attracting more tourists to the central city.
Da Nang: Activities held to lure tourists during New Year holidays ảnh 1Non Nuoc stone carving village in Da Nang (Illustrative photo: VNA)

Da Nang (VNA) – Da Nang will organise numerous activities during New Year holidays,with an aim of attracting more tourists to the central city.

The activities include a Countdown art programme entitled on December 31, aflower parade and contest and a live music festival to welcome the New Year 2017.

Local travel agenciesalso offer a wide range of services and promotion programmes to attract touristarrivals during the holidays.

On the Christmasseason and New Year, from December 23 to January 2, the city expects to welcome264 international flights with 52,150 arrivals on board, up 132.2 percent fromthe same period last year.

The Da Nang TourismDepartment will welcome the first flight to the city from Singapore with 180passengers on board conducted by Silk Air on January 1.

Three cruise shipsare also scheduled to arrive in Tien Sa port, namely Genting Dream ships carrying7,000 passengers on December 27 and January 3, and SS Virgo ship with 2,500passengers also on January 3.

The municipalTourism Department estimated the city will welcome 138,287 tourists that duringthe Christmas season and New Year, up 21.1 percent from the same period lastyear.

They include75,604 foreigners ad 62,683 domestic tourist arrivals, up 27.6 percent and 14.4percent against 2015.-VNA
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