Online travel fair hoped to draw visitors to Da Nang, central region

Danang FantastiCity 2022, an online travel fair, will take place from March 17 to 25 to help attract more visitors to Da Nang city and the central region as a whole as Vietnam will completely reopen to international tourists from March 15.
Online travel fair hoped to draw visitors to Da Nang, central region ảnh 1People can visit danangfantasticity.com to take part in the online travel fair. (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - DanangFantastiCity 2022, an online travel fair, will take place from March 17 to 25 tohelp attract more visitors to Da Nang city and the central region as a whole asVietnam will completely reopen to international tourists from March 15.

The event, at danangfantasticity.comor travelbook.vn/danang, is held by the municipal Department of Tourism and theViettel Business Solutions Corporation.

It will feature 150 booths of companiesworking in the travel industry and over 60 partners from Japan, the Republic ofKorea, China, India, and Southeast Asian countries.

Online travel fair hoped to draw visitors to Da Nang, central region ảnh 2An aerial view of the Han River in Da Nang city (Photo: VNA)
The fair will enable participatingbusinesses to meet potential Vietnamese and international partners to shareinformation, connect with one another, and expand ties. Meanwhile, visitors willhave a chance to join the promotional programme Fantastic Hour on March 19 and20.

Nguyen Thi Hoai An, Director of theDa Nang Tourism Promotion Centre, said exhibitions and fairs are an importantpart of tourism promotion, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to allactivities and hampered connection opportunities.

Organising online fairs is a solutionto maintain domestic and overseas promotion activities, she noted, adding thatthe city’s tourism sector hopes that thanks to the proactive, flexible, andcreative application of digital technologies, Danang FantastiCity 2022 willcreate a completely new travel experience in a broader space and with morediverse services./.
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