Da Nang, Sun Group strive to turn Ba Na Hills into world destination

The People’s Committee of Da Nang and Sun Group are striving to build the Sun World Ba Na Hills into a global destination.
Da Nang, Sun Group strive to turn Ba Na Hills into world destination ảnh 1Golden Bridge built by Sun Group in Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA)

Da Nang (VNA) –
The People’s Committeeof Da Nang and Sun Group are striving to build the Sun World Ba Na Hills into aglobal destination.

The plan was revealed at a ceremony held in the central coastal city of Da Nangon March 25 to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of Sun Group’s first cablecar system, Ba Na – Suoi Mo.

Ba Na belongs to Truong Son mountain range inHoa Ninh commune, Hoa Vang district, 25km southwest of Da Nang. Its tourismcentre is located at the top of Chua Mountain, 1,489m above sea level.

The Ba Na – Suoi Mo cable car system was putinto operation on March 25, 2009. It won two Guinness World Records for beingthe longest one-line cable car service in the world at 5,042.62m, and havingthe highest difference in height between the departure and destination points at1,291.81m.

With 94 cabins, the system can serve 1,500visitors per hour.

The Ba Na Hills tourism site is known as an outlandish fairyland with a diversefloral system.

The French village with ancient castles is how some imagine a miniature Parislooks.

The complex includes 10 flower gardens, a large amusement park and Debay AncientWine Cellar, a unique architectural work dug by the French deep into Ba NaMountain.

The resort’s hotel, Mercure Danang French Village Ba Na Hills, consists of 20high-class restaurants and hosts daily carnival shows.

The resort is perhaps best known for the Cau Vang (Golden Bridge), which openedin June 2018 and soon after it went viral, with images of the large handsculpture holding the bridge spreading across the world.

Da Nang hopes to welcome 8.19 million visitors in 2019, including 3.19 millionforeigners, a year-on-year rise of 6.9 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

The local tourism sector aims to gross 27.4trillion VND (1.18 billion USD) in revenues, up 13.9 percent against the previousyear.

In 2018, the city served 7.66 million holidaymakers, a year-on-year riseof 15.5 percent, including 2.87 million international tourists, a yearly increaseof 23.3 percent. Total revenue collected from tourism activities was estimatedat 24 trillion VND, an annual increase of 23.3 percent.-VNA
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