A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
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Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Open top double-decker bus tour debuts in Da Nang
The city tour on the bus is being operated in co-operation with Empire Group. New open-top double-decker buses. (Photo: baodautu.vn) The tour aims to create a “more real experience” for sightseers, according to the city’s tourism authority. The first batch of 12 open-top buses will start service this month at CocoBay – Da Nang’s largest entertainment-cum-hospitality complex – and the coastline. The open-top double-decker bus project was joint project by Empire Group and local car maker Truong Hai. The buses will also operate in Da Nang and Hoi An city. Earlier this year, the group also launched the Martial Arts-Entertainment Coco Championship – its first entertainment event – at the CocoBay. Last year, the Cocofest, which was hosted at the CocoBay complex, drew 10,000 visitors to the two-night performance and entertainment activities on the beach. … [Read more...] about Open top double-decker bus tour debuts in Da Nang
Golfers to tee off at Da Nang golf tourney
VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 golfers from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Korea and Viet Nam will compete in the JG Golf Championship in Da Nang on March 25-26.Under the lights: A night view of Ba Na Hills Golf Club in Da Nang. — Photo courtesy of Ba Na Hills Golf ClubThe event organisers, JG Golf Vietnam Joint-stock company, said the championship, aims to promote Da Nang golf tourism to other countries, will see participants compete in a two-day 36-holes tournament at BRG Da Nang Golf Resort & Ba Na Hills Golf Club.Golfers will be divided in four divisions with handicaps from 0-12, 13-20, 21-21 and over 28 with titles for champion, first runner-up and second runner-up prizes in each division.The organising committee will also present awards for the Best Gross, and 16 prizes for the Longest Drive, Nearest to The Line, Nearest to the Pin, Hole in One and Hole in Two.Competitors will tee-off in the morning on March 25th.The event is the second golf tournament … [Read more...] about Golfers to tee off at Da Nang golf tourney
Surf, sand and software turn Da Nang into Vietnam’s ‘IT’ city
Chuck Palazzo was 18 when he took his first trip outside New York City. He went to Da Nang, Vietnam, courtesy of the U.S. Marines. “You had mortar rounds going off in the mountains and you were surfing off China Beach,” he said. “It was ‘Apocalypse Now!’” Forty-five years later, Palazzo is back, this time as a tech entrepreneur contributing to the planned construction of one of Southeast Asia’s most modern cities. The roar of F-4 Phantom jets has become the rumble of bulldozers, the rattle of Huey helicopter rotors has been replaced with spinning casino slot machines; instead of bullets, golf balls whizz down world-class fairways. “It is ambitious,” said Palazzo, who lives 10 blocks from China Beach, now called East Sea Beach. “They are welcoming of foreigners. In terms of process and getting things done, Da Nang is by far much more friendly to businesses than Ho Chi Minh City,” the country’s commercial center, … [Read more...] about Surf, sand and software turn Da Nang into Vietnam’s ‘IT’ city