Da Nang, Guangdong forge tourism cooperation

The central city of Da Nang and China’s Guangdong province have agreed to enhance their tourism cooperation under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked in Da Nang on December 11.
The central city of Da Nang and China’s Guangdong province have agreedto enhance their tourism cooperation under a memorandum of understanding(MoU) inked in Da Nang on December 11.

The MoU was reachedby the tourism associations of the two regions during the visit toVietnam by Guangdong province’s Vice Governor Zhao Yu Fang.

As many as 17 Guangdong travel companies and 50 Vietnamese businesses witnessed the signing.

A seminar on tourism promotion between the two localities was alsoheld on the day, highlighting each side’s tourism potential and policiesas well as measures to step up their links in this field.

Over the past time, the cooperation and friendship between Vietnamand China have developed extensively in all areas, bringing practicalbenefits to both.

Notably, through a range of activitiessuch as tourism promotion, the opening of direct flights and thecreation of favourable conditions for enterprises, tourism ties betweenDa Nang and Guangdong have contributed to each side’s socio-economicdevelopment.

Together with a range of tourism promotionactivities, Da Nang city has poured more investment in new products suchas Ba Na-Suoi Mo ecotourism complex - with the longest and highestcable system recognised by the Guinness World Records, Fantasy Park- anentertainment indoor amusement park, Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountain) andSon Tra peninsula.

As a result, more and more internationaland Chinese visitors are flocking to Da Nang. The city served more than3.1 million people this year, up 17.2 percent against 2012, with nearly745,000 foreigners.

In the past three years, China rankedfirst among the city’s tourism markets with 105,000 holiday makersrecorded in 2013, representing a year-on-year of 14 percent.

Da Nang was selected by the Smart Travel Asia magazine as one of the most ten attractive destinations in Asia last September.-VNA

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