The central city of Da Nang will hold a hot air balloon festival on March 27 as part of an event to celebrate the resumption of international tourism activities, including welcoming the first international flight to the city.
Da Nang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang will hold a hotair balloon festival on March 27 as part of an event to celebratethe resumption of international tourism activities, including welcoming thefirst international flight to the city.
The first flight from Singapore and another from Bangkok willland at Da Nang International Airport on the same day.
Thefestival will showcase 17 colourful hot air balloons in several sizes whichwill fly over the APEC Sculpture Garden located on Bach Dang Street.
Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh, Miss Tourism Danang2022, the first and second runners-up of the pageant; travel blogger Son Doan,Tiktokers Long Chun and Long Be will join exchanges with visitors, take photosand make video clips to promote Da Nang tourism.
The event, to be organised by the Danang International TerminalInvestment and Operation Joint Stock Company (AHT) and the municipal Departmentof Tourism, will be broadcast live on Danang FantastiCity fanpage.
Tran Phuoc Son, vice chairman of municipal People’s Committee, saidmore than 70 percent of accommodation establishments, touristattractions, and transport firms have resumed operation.
Over the past time, the city has paid attention to upgrading𝄹 andforming new products such as investing in inland waterways, the commissioning of the operation of the Da Nang - Ly Son waterway, the piloting the exploitation of nightentertainment on My An beach, and the implementation of Bach Dang - Nguyen VanTroi bridge - Tran Hung Dao pedestrian street project, he said.
City leaders have committed to remove obstacles to restore tourism activities in the new normal condition in line with Government's policy on safe and flexible adaptation and effective control over the COVID-19 pandemic./.
The central city of Da Nang is rolling out measures to attract more MICE (meeting, incentives, conferences and events) tourists, given the positive signs on the recovery of the tourism sector this year.
Thai Vietjet - the operator with most flight services between Vietnam and Thailand, has announced that the carrier will resume its international air service linking the Thai capital city of Bangkok and the central beach city of Da Nang in Vietnam from March 27, 2022.
Danang FantastiCity 2022, an online travel fair, will take place from March 17 to 25 to help attract more visitors to Da Nang city and the central region as a whole as Vietnam will completely reopen to international tourists from March 15.
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Illustrative image. (Photo: baovanhoa.vn) 
