Over the past decade, the tourism sector in the central city of Da Nanghas been developing sea tourism brand of its own, the Vietnam EconomicNews reported on May 14.
With uninterrupted stunning beaches,stretching nearly 60km from Hai Van Pass to Non Nuoc Beach, Da Nang wasvoted by the US-based Forbes Magazine as one of six most attractivebeaches on the planet in 2005. The honour acted as leverage to help thelocal tourism industry realize its great strengths.
Da Nang’stourism sector has actually created a breakthrough since its municipalPeople’s Committee approved the Management and Exploitation of TourismBeach in a project with a total cost of nearly 4.6 billion VND. Inaddition, the city also implemented the 2011-2015 Da Nang TourismDevelopment programme, with focus on local beach vacation resorts.
Manycoastal tours and beach travel services have been offered thanks tonewly built constructions of Han River Bridge, the Hoang Sa - Truong Saroute (formerly known as the Son Tra - Dien Ngoc road). The route passby 12 resorts, golf courses and villas seamlessly. Marine tourism isdeveloping rapidly along the route.
In particular, the expansionof new cruise services in Son Tra Peninsula in early 2013 alsocontributed greatly to boosting Da Nang’s marine tourism development.
Accordingto foreign investors, Da Nang has seen rapid changes in recent yearsand is able to become a centre of international tourism in the nearfuture thanks to successfully attracting billions of US dollar intolocal tourism projects.
The newspaper said the number of touriststo Da Nang reached 1.77 million in 2010, and 3.1 million last year.This year, the city is expected to welcome about 3.6 million visitors, a15 percent increase year-on-year.
“The city will continue toencourage non-state enterprises to invest in tourism products, with aview to transforming Da Nang into a well known centre of tourism andbuilding the city’s tourism brand home and abroad,” Chairman of Da Nangmunicipal People’s Committee Van Huu Chien was quoted as saying.-VNA