The Hanoitimes - Flight ticket sales from the July to August period showed Da Nang as the top foreign travel location. Da Nang city was the most popular summer vacation destination in 2018, a shift from last year’s preference for Japanese cities, according to a list released by Ticket Monster (TMON), a South Korea online shopping mall. Dragon Bridge in Da Nang city. Flight ticket sales from the July to August period showed Da Nang as the top foreign travel location, up three places from last year. Travel in the city is relatively cheap, about US$90 per day, and is a manageable distance from South Korea, about and a half hour by flight, Yonhap reported. Accordingly, TMON sales data show a growing preference for places that offer hotel, resort, shopping and tourism activities altogether. Japanese destinations fell from last year’s rankings. Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo, the previous top three, fell to the second, third and sixth places, respectively. Earlier, Da … [Read more...] about Da Nang among foreigners’ most popular summer vacation destination in 2018
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Da Nang realty gets a fillip from tourism growth
Absorption rate is the rate at which available apartments are sold. It is calculated by dividing the average number of sales by the total number of available apartments. The report, prepared by Savills Vietnam, said sales were nearly three times higher year-on-year, while the supply of apartments increased 19 percent to 830 at three new projects. The limited primary supply pushed average prices to VND40.8 million ($1,800) per square meter, 28 percent up from the same period last year. Son Tra District accounted for a 68 percent market share. Another major real estate service firm, CBRE, was also optimistic about the city market, saying the luxury apartments in Da Nang now cost the same as in downtown Hanoi and HCMC. The tendency to buy property for leasing out is growing in the city thanks to the steady and high profits. CRRE said returns on apartments could reach a lucrative 12 percent. It said for instance a one-bedroom apartment worth VND1.6 billion ($71,100) fetches … [Read more...] about Da Nang realty gets a fillip from tourism growth
US naval vessels arrives in Da Nang
US navy vessels including the carrier USS Carl Vinson, the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer arrived in Da Nang City on Monday morning. US navy vessels arrive in Da Nang City on March 5 The vessels came at 11.30am for a friendship visit to the central coastal city from March 5 to 9. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the US vessels’ visit to Vietnam is conducted according to an agreement between the countries’ high-level leaders mentioned in the Vietnam-US Joint Declaration during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Vietnam in November 2017. "It will continue to promote bilateral relations within the framework of the two countries’ comprehensive partnership and contribute to maintaining peace, stability, security and cooperation in the region," the ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang told a press conference on March 1. The planned visit programme of the vessels … [Read more...] about US naval vessels arrives in Da Nang
Chinese tourists die in Da Nang hotel lift shaft
A Chinese tourist has been found dead at a hotel lift shaft in the central city of Da Nang. The hotel where the accident occurs Deputy Director of the Da Nang Tourism Department, Nguyen Xuan Binh, confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that the female Chinese tourist had died at the Open Hotel in My An Ward in Ngu Hanh Son District. A report from local police said that the tourist died from a fall when using the lift at the hotel on May 28. The body was found at the bottom of the lift shaft on May 30 when the hotel's staff noticed a foul smell in the area. Binh said that the family of the tourist have arrived in Danang to receive the body for cremation. They have also negotiated compensation with the hotel. The police will announce the cause of the accident on June 6. … [Read more...] about Chinese tourists die in Da Nang hotel lift shaft
Da Nang seeks to enhance tourists’ night-time amusement with market
By Phong Vinh  August 25, 2018 | 02:30 pm GMT+7 Da Nang authorities have approved a proposal to open a night market in Son Tra District, and it is expected to start functioning from September. It will have three main sections, a food court, commercial space and a cultural and arts area. Mr Tran Chi Cuong, deputy director of the city tourism department, said the market would provide tourists another nightly entertainment option and add variety to local tourism products, thus helping attract more visitors to Da Nang. “[It] is being funded by private investors.” The proposed design of the night market The market will be connected with the Ly Nam De – Mai Hac De walking street near the Dragon Bridge. After HCMC and Hanoi, Da Nang is the third city in Vietnam to have a night market. In the first half of this year Da Nang is estimated to have received more than four million visitors, 29 percent up from the same period last year. This included over 1.6 … [Read more...] about Da Nang seeks to enhance tourists’ night-time amusement with market