Cau Rong (Dragon Bridge) in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)Da Nang (VNA) – The central coastalcity of Da Nang has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreigntourists in recent years.
The city was honoured last year as “Asia’sLeading Festival and Event Destination” at the World Travel Awards Asia &Australasia Gala Ceremony.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Ho Ky Minh said the city hopes to forge tourism links with thecentral and Central Highland regions, prioritising sea-based tourism, MICE(meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism, culture-historytourism, and ecological tourism.
It will regularly host tourism, sport, culture,and festival events at national, regional and international levels to promoteDa Nang as a friendly destination, he added.
Da Nang hopes to welcome nine million visitorsby 2020, with 30 percent being international holidaymakers, and rake in 31.5trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) in revenue.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, the city has beencompleting the amendments to a master plan on tourism development by 2025, witha vision toward 2030, and a project on preferential policies to develop ThuaThien Hue-Da Nang-Quang Nam tourism, and promote tourism in key markets inAsia.
Da Nang is famous for its beautifuldestinations, especially beaches. Visitors can admire the natural wonders in BaNa Hills, explore the jungle in Son Tra Peninsula, and pray at Linh Ung Pagodawith Vietnam’s highest Bodhisattva Statue at 67 metres.
In 2017, Da Nang is expected to greet 6.5million visitors, including more than 2 million foreigners. The city is now home to 83 investment projects intourism and services worth around 7.3 billion USD.-VNA
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