Tourist number in Da Nang recovers to pre-pandemic level

Hanoi (VNA) – The number of tourists to the central city of Da Nang in the first three months of this year has recovered to the level recorded in the same period of 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, according to Cao Tri Dung, Chairman of the Da Nang Tourism Association.

According to the mjunicipal Department of Tourism, in the first quarter of this year, the city received 1.4 million visitors, up 4.6% year on year, including 391,600 foreigners, 62 times higher than that in the same period last year.

The figures were similar to those recorded in the same time of 2019, showing the city’s strong performance in promoting its tourism development and tourism ecosystem, Dung said.

He noted that the staying duration of tourists also increased to 1.66 days per visitor on the average.

Dung attributed the result to the resumption of international air routes to the central city, noting that to date, Da Nang airport has been opened to 16 regular international routes operated by 20 airlines, with more than 280 flights per week carrying about 560,000 passengers.

Alongside, Da Nang has also received a large number of visitors coming by sea. In the first quarter of this year, the city welcomed nine cruise ships with 7,300 passengers.

However, Dung said that in the long run, Da Nang should seek more new tourism products to meet the increasing demands of tourists.

Nguyen Xuan Binh, Vice Director of the city Tourism Department said that in the time to come, the city will organise tourism promotion activities in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, while completing a plan to hold a summer festival in the city.

At the same time, the city will continue to design projects to develop tourism products, while proposing to the municipal People’s Committee a project to promote local cuisine into a tourism product in the 2023-2030 period, and coordinating with the People’s Committee of Son Tra district to build a plan to pilot night-time tourism at Nguyen Van Troi bridge and the park on the foot of the bridge. A pedestrians’ zone will also be organise along Bach Dang-Trang Hung Dao streets, he said./.