Tourism businesses write new product projects, Da Nang will consider piloting

Tourism products must ensure top safety for customers.

On the afternoon of October 12, the People's Committee of Da Nang City held a conference to evaluate the city's tourism service activities in the first 9 months of 2023 and deploy tasks for the last months of 2023 and 2024.

Here, the City Tourism Association and businesses made recommendations on developing new products for the city such as opening more sea and river tourism routes, extending the current operating hours on the Han River to create new products and attract tourists.

Talking to the business community, Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang suggested that any business that has any proposals or wants to do something should write a project or proposal and send it to the City Tourism Association for collection and recommendation to the city. Because only businesses know what they need and want to do.

Mr. Nguyen Van Quang - Secretary of Da Nang City Party Committee discussed with tourism businesses at the conference. Photo: Thuy Trang

As for the City People's Committee, it is necessary to urgently direct localities and departments to support businesses in clearly defining tasks for the coming year. On that basis, discuss and coordinate with each other, focus on removing difficulties, supporting and accelerating major projects, creating new products, and creating breakthroughs. What is old must be renewed, businesses must also renew their products, boldly research pilot projects such as opening more waterway and night tourism routes, then all parties sit down to evaluate and learn from experience.

However, Mr. Quang emphasized that whatever the goal is, it must ensure the safety of tourists, "Because no matter how well you talk or how well you do, if you don't ensure safety, it won't work."

For example, businesses want to perform dancing and singing on ships, but most of the current facilities are not up to standard. Performers do not know how to handle incidents, the space is cramped, blocking the captain’s view, etc., so it is reasonable for departments and branches to disagree.

Tourism is still a bright spot but needs to be planned and prepared early.

The growth forecast of Da Nang's tourism service industry in 2023 will be lower than the national average, at about 2.83%. However, the Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee assessed that tourism is still the brightest spot and driving force of the city, contributing 70% to GRDP, a sector that helps build the city's image and create jobs for the people.

And this is the time for the government and businesses to pay attention to the 2024 plan. Currently, in the general context, the city's tourism industry has achieved remarkable results such as sustainability in the quality and quantity of visitors to the city.

However, the tourism industry must consult and draw lessons to prepare for the future, based on recommendations from businesses.

“We need to prepare early and from afar. For example, if golf tourism wants to develop in 2024, we have to start thinking about it now because the tourists of this sport are Koreans, who usually come to the city from November this year to March next year,” Mr. Quang reminded.

Also at the conference, the Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee acknowledged the efforts and called on the business community to continue to coordinate with the government in promoting the opening of air routes and creating new products.

“The business community must continue to accompany the government, must join hands and join forces because in this field, we cannot go it alone. The City Tourism Association does not need to wait for meetings or conferences to have opinions and recommendations. During the process, if businesses encounter any difficulties or problems, they must report to the city so that they can promptly resolve them,” Mr. Quang suggested.

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