Da Nang (VNA) – The central tourism hub of Da Nang has enjoyed an impressive growth of 40% in the number of international visitors in the first six months of this year, exceeding the pre-COVID-19 level in 2019, according to the city's Statistics Office.
The robust recovery of tourism has resulted in strong revenue increases of restaurant and accommodation services, by 22.2% to nearly 13 trillion VND (510.8 million USD), and retail sales by 14.6% to over 37 trillion VND, Director of the office Tran Van Vu told a press conference on June 28.
Particularly, the visitors served by local accommodation facilities are estimated at 5.1 million, reflecting a 25.6% increase compared to the same period last year. Of the total, international tourists numbered 2 million, up 40.3%, and domestic visitors 3.1 million, up 17.7%.
Meanwhile, the state budget revenue as of June 20 totalled 12.98 trillion VND, rising 34% from a year earlier. Total development investment during the period exceeded 5.33 trillion VND, accounting for 36% of the total state budget expenditure and growing 3.5% year on year.
During January-June, Da Nang's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) has expanded by about 5%, higher than the 3.48% growth in the same period of 2023 and the average of 3.54% recorded during H1 of the years in the 2020-2024 period.
In particular, the service sector has risen 5.99%, industry - construction 1.7%, and agro-forestry-fisheries 0.85%.
The size of the local economy is estimated at over 72.3 trillion VND during the period, 7.05 trillion VND higher than that in the same time last year, ranking 17th out of the 63 cities and provinces nationwide and topping the south-central coastal localities./.
