The People's Committee of Da Nang City has announced a tourism stimulus plan called "Danang Thank You", in coordination with the festival program "Wonderful Da Nang 2020" on the basis of upgrading the annual event "Da Nang - Summer Destination" to become a special festival event to serve people and tourists in 2020.
Accordingly, as of May 18, nearly 120 units have registered to participate with a discount of 30-50% on tourism services. It is estimated that the total cost of tourism businesses, airlines, private tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels, transport vehicles, cruise ships and other service establishments participating in the tourism stimulus program is about 15-20 billion VND.
Marble Mountains
The Department of Tourism also recommended that the city soon have its own policies to support tourism businesses and add to the stimulus package to create a difference in attracting visitors to Da Nang. At the same time, consider the policy of exempting and reducing entrance fees for tourist areas managed by the city. To achieve good tourism stimulus results, the Department of Tourism of Da Nang City proposed to exempt 100% of entrance fees to tourist areas and destinations managed by the city, including: Ngu Hanh Son Scenic Area, Cham Sculpture Museum, Da Nang Museum, Fine Arts Museum... for 3 months from the time the city controls the epidemic and allows reopening.
At the same time, Da Nang City also supports the cost of visually promoting the Da Nang tourism stimulus program 2020, supporting communication about Da Nang destinations, introducing products and services on television to attract and stimulate domestic tourism.
In addition, a series of 3-star and 4-star hotels near Da Nang beach have simultaneously deeply discounted room rates. For convenience and to attract customers, most of these hotels do not require prepayment, have shuttle buses, free breakfast, etc.
My Khe Beach
Previously, the People's Committee of Da Nang City announced that bar services were allowed to resume operations from 5 p.m. on May 18. Thus, after easing social distancing measures to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, in Da Nang, only karaoke and dance clubs continue to temporarily suspend operations.
According to statistics from the Da Nang Department of Tourism, in the first four months of this year, the total number of tourists visiting the city reached approximately 1 million, down 58% over the same period last year. Of which, international visitors decreased by 50%. With tourism stimulus plans, Da Nang expects the number of tourists coming to the city in the last six months of 2020 to reach an estimated 2.4 million, with total tourism revenue estimated at VND9,089 billion.
