In order for Da Nang to become a top destination, many experts believe that the city needs more products to attract tourists, especially the demand for nightlife.
In mid-June, Van Anh's family, Hanoi, including 5 people, had a summer vacation in Da Nang. For many years, because I like Da Nang with rivers, mountains, sea, delicious food and convenient to travel, my family has come here almost every year. This year, however, she has something else to share. According to her, when the children get older, the experiences need to be different, Da Nang tourism has not yet met.
"Besides swimming, going to eat and going to Ba Na, I realized that Da Nang has very few services for tourists, especially in the evening. After eating, come back, there are no more activities. Enter Da Nang but going to the movies is 'a bit weird'," said Van Anh.
"When my family went to summer vacation, we had one night to sleep in Hoi An combined with watching the show 'Hoi An memories'. One night in Da Nang, we went to see the fire-breathing Dragon Bridge, but I have watched it a few times already. Arrived around 21:30. Da Nang's streets have begun to empty. Night markets are poor. Loud music bars are not suitable," said Ms. Thu Huong, a tourist who had just had a summer vacation in Da Nang.
Da Nang beach attracts tourists in the summer. Photo: Nguyen Dong
In the seminar "Developing Da Nang worthy of the name of a city worth visiting and worth living" just held on June 27, Mr. Cao Tri Dung, Chairman of Da Nang Tourism Association, said: "The There are few entertainment, entertainment and shopping activities in Da Nang at night. In particular, the city does not have any worthy art shows for visitors to see in the evening." Mr. Dung said there were tourists who complained that they were eating at 10 p.m. and were reminded by the staff to close.
"Da Nang needs to have top experiences to attract tourists by developing the night economy to increase the attraction and spending power of tourists, commensurate with its potential. And want to be a top destination, definitely must develop comprehensive tourism from sea, mountains, rivers and entertainment.Da Nang is famous for Ba Na and Golden Bridge in the past few years, the Golden Bridge is still 'hot' but in the next few years, if still only there are so many things, do people want to go to Ba Na anymore, do they come to Da Nang anymore", said economist Tran Dinh Thien.
Coming to Da Nang is a habit of many people for resort trips. However, this is not a place for activity lovers because in addition to the lack of nightlife experiences, the fact is that, although Da Nang is a famous coastal tourist city, there are few entertainment services. entertainment on the sea, which Nha Trang and Phu Quoc are doing very well. Paragliding, games such as jet skis, diving, surfing, windsurfing, flyboard... only developed in a fragmented manner.
Mr. Luong Hoai Nam - member of the Tourism Advisory Council - commented: "Da Nang is recovering domestic tourism very well due to the availability of facilities, a large hotel system with many famous brands. Da Nang Danang also has many development opportunities, but in order to attract more tourists, especially international visitors like Thailand or Singapore, Da Nang is still poor because of the lack of many tourist attraction products.
During the period from 2016 to 2018, Da Nang has an International Fireworks Festival held for two months on weekends but has stopped and has not yet returned. This is also a mark that Da Nang made in the years before the epidemic to make a difference with other localities. "If the fireworks festival wants to become a brand, it needs its own infrastructure from the stands, the stage, to the ancillary service areas... that's the way to attract it," added Mr. Tran Dinh Thien.
Golden Bridge is a destination attracting tourists to Da Nang recently. Photo: Danang Fantasticity
According to Ms. Truong Thi Hong Hanh, Director of Da Nang Department of Tourism, tourism services and service quality are being concerned by management, directing businesses to complete and supplement to be able to collect revenue. attracting more tourists in the coming time, helping the city confidently appear on the world map as a destination of tourism and events like the past time.
Da Nang is currently one of the best localities to restore domestic tourism in the country. Since the end of the first quarter, many tourist areas and attractions have welcomed a large number of visitors, the average occupancy rate on weekends is 70-75%. Tourism revenue in 6 months increased by 41% over the same period. Particularly, revenue from accommodation services in the second quarter increased 2.8 times over the same period.
Since opening to tourism until the end of June, Da Nang has welcomed 286 international flights with 35,000 passengers. On June 24 alone, Da Nang welcomed 120 domestic and international flights, surpassing the peak of 2019 without Covid-19.
