Tickets to watch Da Nang fireworks are sold out, even hotels and yachts are fully booked

Các tòa nhà sau lưng khán đài pháo hoa tranh thủ làm ăn dịp lễ hội - Ảnh: TRƯỜNG TRUNG — *Buildings behind the fireworks stands take advantage of the festival to do business – Photo: TRUONG TRUNG*

Fireworks tickets are being "screamed" at twice the price

The final night of the Da Nang Fireworks Festival (DIFF 2024) takes place on July 13, but by this time tickets to watch the fireworks have been sold out.

Although this year the organizers expanded the grandstand area to accommodate more than 10,000 seats, it was still filled every night.

At this time, the official website of DIFF 2024 has stopped accepting ticket sales information for the final match between China and Finland on the evening of July 13.

Meanwhile, on the "black market", many groups announced selling tickets at prices 1.5-2 times higher than the listed price of the organizers.

In many social media groups, tickets are being sold at very high prices. Even the ticket price for the A1 stand is being sold for nearly 2 million VND, although the organizers sell it for 800,000 VND.

Mr. Tran Hoa Binh, a domestic tour guide, said that he recently bought a pair of tickets for stand A for a customer for more than 7 million VND, even though the organizers announced the price was 2 million VND/ticket.

Mr. Binh said that for the qualifying matches, buying individual tickets is very easy. If you buy early, you can even buy tickets at a lower price than announced from the resale of invitation tickets.

“Three days ago, I asked the distribution channels and they said that the tickets for the final night were sold out since the qualifying round. My customer needed a pair of tickets to give to a friend, so he had to buy them on the market at a much higher price,” said Mr. Binh.

Vé xem pháo hoa trên du thuyền đã sớm được bán hết - Ảnh: TRƯỜNG TRUNG — *Tickets to watch fireworks on the cruise were sold out early – Photo: TRUONG TRUNG*

Cruises and hotels behind the stands are also sold out.

Meanwhile, more than 20 boats on the Han River that were licensed to operate also sold out tickets to watch the fireworks finale more than 10 days in advance.

A representative of the Han River Dragon Boat ticket sales department said that tickets to watch the final night cost from 2,200,000 - 2,700,000 VND/ticket (including meals) and were booked early by groups.

“Now, if you book tickets for a group, there will definitely be no trains left because the tours are booked months in advance. Only occasionally, due to unexpected circumstances, when you cannot see the tour, do you cancel and we will “release” the tickets for you to resell. But these cases are very rare,” this person said.

The appeal of the fireworks festival and the performances of the two arch-rivals China and Finland were soon proven during the qualifying round match night.

Therefore, up to this point, many hotels specializing in selling seats to watch fireworks on Tran Hung Dao Street (located behind the grandstand) have also run out of seats on the night of July 13.

A representative of the facility at 185 Tran Hung Dao said that this location has 200 seats from the 3rd to the 5th floor. However, these 200 seats were booked early in the fireworks festival qualifying round.

Similarly, some establishments on Nai Tu 2 Street, located quite far from the stands, were also fully booked.