Foreign tourists to Da Nang increase over 51%
Update: Jun 01, 2018
Da Nang welcomed nearly 768,000 tourist arrivals in May 2018, up 26.3% over a year earlier, in which foreign tourists reached over 253,000, up 32.3%, reported the city Department of Tourism on May 29th.


Tourists experiencing double decker tour around Da Nang

This figure raised total tourist arrivals in the first five months to over 3.2 million, a year-on-year rise of 30.4%, including over 1.35 million foreign tourists, up 51.3%. Total tourism turnover posted more than VND11.108 trillion, up 53.6% over a year earlier.

In May, tourists arriving by air reached an estimated 150,000, up 17.25% from the same period last year. The locality also received four cruise ships at Tien Sa port carrying over 10,000 ones.

According to Deputy Director of the city Department of Tourism Tran Chi Cuong, his unit has carried out the communication plan and auxiliary activities for Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2018.

Specifically, a delegation of Japanese press visited and ran articles about the central city on the occasion of DIFF 2018 and IRONMAN 70.3 (a series of long distance triathlon races). In addition, Da Nang is preparing contents for Da Nang FantastiCity contest 2018 and carrying out activities to promote the city’s tourism.

CPV