AsemconnectVietnam - In 2017, the central city of Da Nang expects to welcome 6.3 million visitors, including 2 million foreigners.

 The city planned to host a series of distinctive and attractive cultural events and festivals; and perfect local infrastructure to advertise its tourism brand.

The locality also hoped to earn around VND 18.5 trillion in tourism revenue, up nearly 16% against 2016.

Director of the Da Nang Tourism Department Ngo Quang Vinh was quoted as saying the tourism sector already set important tasks in 2017, including hiring foreign consultants to review and adjust the master scheme on Da Nang tourism development by 2025 with a vision towards 2030; implementation of Son Tra national tourism site planning in accordance with the PM’s approval; conducting tourism promotion activities at key markets and exploiting potential ones (France, Germany, the UK, the U.S.); and newly emerging ones (India).  

The city also planned to accelerate the launching of new international air routes to key markets.

Da Nang hoped to build itself as a city of peace, and being environmently-friendly; manage the service quality of travel agents and tourism sites; and ensure food hygiene.

Large-scale projects such as the Asia Park Da Nang, Ba Na Hills, and Cocobay will soon be put into operation and offer new tourism products.

In addition, the modal of three localities – Da Nang, Quang Nam, and Thu Thien-Hue will be promoted.

Especially, as the host of the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017, the city has been upgrading infrastructure with a view to advertising its tourism brand to domestic and foreign visitors.

Two months of firework

The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2017 (DIFF) will take place on every Saturday from April 29 to June 24, expecting to welcome around 2 million visitors to the central city.

The highlight of the festival will be the magnificent and stunning firework performances by teams from eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia and Switzerland, presenting a wonderful display of light in Da Nang's night sky along the Han River. Wu Xing (five basic elements of Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood), according to Eastern philosophy, is also the theme of the fireworks performance.

These include a carnival which gathers a number of artists in colorful costumes, who perform on the major streets of Da Nang.

Da Nang will also treat visitors with a banquet of specialties at the International Food Festival.  

The food festival will be divided into five areas under Wu Xing. The Fire area will be the kitchen for grill and sauté, the Earth area for clay pot cooking, the Metal area for frozen food using Korean-styled metal bowls and chopsticks, the Water area for hotpots, noodle and soup and the Wood area for vegetarian food./.

By Kim Anh
Source: Chinhphu.vn