During a working trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a delegation from Da Nang City led by Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Trung Chinh visited and worked with Emirates Airlines.
According to Ms. Truong Thi Hong Hanh, Director of the Department of Tourism of Da Nang City, at the meeting, the two sides discussed aviation infrastructure and information on the recovery of the aviation and tourism industry in Da Nang after Covid-19, as well as the city's plan to promote and connect regional and international aviation.
Da Nang City leaders pledge to support and create the best conditions for Emirates Airlines to open a flight route to Da Nang.
This is the world's largest airline, specializing in long-haul flights, connecting the Dubai aviation hub with 152 destinations in 85 countries; the airline has also received the "World's Best Airline" award for 9 consecutive times. Currently, Emirates is operating daily round-trip flights from Dubai to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
At the meeting, Mr. Le Trung Chinh introduced the potential and advantages of Da Nang with its gateway location to world heritages such as Hoi An ancient town, Hue ancient capital, My Son sanctuary, Phong Nha - Ke Bang, and the world documentary heritage of Ngu Hanh Son.
Da Nang is also a destination that hosts and organizes many regional and international events such as APEC 2017 Summit Week, Routes Asia 2022, Da Nang International Fireworks Festival...
Da Nang is aiming to attract luxury guests. In the photo is the Indian billionaire family landing in Da Nang City to hold a wedding.
The city is also highly appreciated for its destinations such as "Asia's Leading Festival and Event Destination" in 2022 by World Travel Awards; Top 3 best cities in Southeast Asia in 2022 voted by Travel + Leisure Magazine; My Khe Beach is in the top 10 most beautiful beaches in Asia in 2023 voted by TripAdvisor.
"The city hopes that Emirates Airlines will open a direct flight from Da Nang to Dubai to create favorable conditions for UAE businesses to invest in Da Nang," said Mr. Le Trung Chinh.
Welcoming the Da Nang City delegation, Mr. Orhan Abbas, Senior Vice President Far East and Commercial Division of Emirates, said that the airline highly appreciated the operational efficiency of flights to major cities in Vietnam, especially with the increased travel demand after Covid-19.
The airline is interested in connecting flights to Da Nang and is positively evaluated, but more information about infrastructure, aviation capacity and market is needed.
Sharing with Emirates Airlines, Mr. Le Trung Chinh affirmed that the city's leaders and the tourism industry always create the best conditions and support the opening of flights to Da Nang City.
In the immediate future, Da Nang City will promote its destination on Emirates channels to increase brand awareness of Da Nang City to the airline's customers; organize promotional delegations from European, North American, and Middle Eastern markets to Da Nang on Emirates flights.
Events to welcome new flights, free brand promotion at the airport, and other communication activities are also in the plan.
Thanh Nien Newspaper organizes Workshop "Open visa, restore tourism"
As one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to reopen after the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam has the lowest tourism recovery rate compared to other countries in the region?
According to VisaGuide.World, announced at the end of 2022, Vietnam's tourism recovery rate is currently only 18.1%, while neighboring countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia or Cambodia all have rates of 26 - 31%. The important reason is that the number of international visitors, a group of visitors who play an important role in Vietnam's tourism industry, has not met expectations. The proof is that in the 3 years before the Covid-19 pandemic, the average number of international visitors to Vietnam was only 1/5 of domestic visitors but contributed about 58% of total tourism revenue.
In 2022, we set a target of attracting 5 million international visitors but only reached 3.5 million. In 2023, Vietnam plans to attract 8 million international visitors, but this number is facing a huge challenge as China added Vietnam to the list of countries issuing group visas later than expected. One of the reasons why Vietnam opened early but international visitors are fewer than neighboring countries is visa-related issues.
To revive tourism, aviation, accommodation and service businesses that are facing great difficulties; to restore tourism, the country's key economic sector, Thanh Nien Newspaper will organize a workshop "Opening visas, restoring tourism" at 8:30 a.m. on March 10 with the participation of leaders of competent state agencies; experts, leading businesses in the fields of tourism, services and aviation in Vietnam. The goal of the workshop is to propose solutions and proposals to attract international visitors, thereby restoring tourism, contributing to the country's economic growth.
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