ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city of Đa Nẵng, has launched a tourism promotion programme – Enjoy Đa Nẵng – luring tourists to explore destinations with a huge discount at five-star resorts in the city this summer.

Vice director of the city’s tourism department Nguyễn Xuan Bình said the programme aimed to introduce a series of events and resume international flights between April and September, as well as the debut of a New Delhi-Đa Nẵng air route this October.

Bình said more than 200 travel agencies, hotels and transport companies had joined hands to promote tour services by offering the best conditions for tourists with the lowest fees to restart tourism.

The promotion programme aims to draw 3.5 million visitors to the city this year.

“Tourists can enjoy a combined stay at a five-star resort and 45 per cent discount on river tour tickets and a 20 per cent dinner voucher while visiting Đa Nẵng for three days and two nights,” said the director of the city’s tourism promotion centre Nguyễn Thị Hoai An.

“The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget Vietjet Air also co-operate with resorts to offer promotion prices from VNĐ899,000 ($39) to VNĐ2.9 million for a person for a three-day, two-night stay,” she said.

A group of 12 travel agencies and accommodation services agreed to set up an alliance to boost linked tours with Ha Noi, Quảng Ninh, Quảng Nam and HCM City.

Đa Nẵng will focus on Meeting, Incentives, Conferencing and Exhibition (MICE) events – a key product in tourism recovery – as around 5,000 visitors had participated in conferences and meetings.

5,000 runners alone raced in the 2022 Manulife Đa Nẵng International Marathon between February and March.

Five-star Hyatt Regency Danang Resort & Spa – which will host international triathletes of the VNG Ironman Vietnam race to be held in Đa Nẵng on May 7-9 – said it had achieved Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council, for a performance-based cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention programme that raised awareness of COVID-19.

The beachfront resort and Vietjet Air have offered a return ticket from Ha Noi or HCM City to Đa Nẵng for a three-day, two-night stay combined in the package for one person.

The first sea trip on the Phu Quốc Express will depart from Đa Nẵng for Lý Sơn Islands, off the coast of Quảng Ngãi Province, on April 9.

All museums and the Ngũ Hanh Sơn (Marble Mountain) landscape will open with free entrance to visitors until the end of the year.

Night beach entertainment on Mỹ Khe Beach and the An Thượng pedestrian zone will open this summer in celebration of the 16th annual Routes Asia Development Forum, an Asia golf tournament, and a sailing race in the city. — VNS