Expanding the network of wharves serving tourism

Thanh Tam Wharf — Hoi An Dong Ward organized the opening of Thanh Tam wharf on Cam Thanh River in early October 2025 to promote waterway tourism . Photo: QUOC TUAN

Thanh Ha pottery village (Hoi An Tay ward) in recent years has welcomed a large number of visitors arriving by waterway along the Thu Bon river (estimated to account for 70% of visitors to the village).

However, in the early stages of 2025, the village's water port had to stop operating due to not meeting standards, causing a huge drop in the number of visitors. Specifically, in the first 6 months of this year, the number of visitors to Thanh Ha pottery village only reached about 158 thousand (only 52% compared to the same period in 2024 and only 20% compared to the plan for 2025).

Therefore, the authorities of Hoi An Tay ward have promoted the restoration of the water wharf located at Km1+600 of the second branch of the Thu Bon River. The wharf officially resumed operations on September 1, after more than a month of operation, the number of visitors to Thanh Ha pottery village has improved again.

In early October, the Hoi An Dong ward government also opened Thanh Tam wharf on Cam Thanh river, with an operating period until 2030. Mr. Tran Tan Dung, Chairman of Hoi An Dong ward People's Committee, said that this is the first standard wharf in the ward.

In the coming time, the local government will continue to survey and plan a number of other wharves to strengthen the connection of river tourism routes, meeting the sightseeing needs of tourists in the Bay Mau coconut forest area.

Not only in Hoi An area, the need to establish a network of inland waterway ports on some river routes in the city is also urgent. In Vinh Dien ward, the ward government will soon establish 2 waterway ports in Triem Tay and Dong Khuong areas connected to the Thu Bon river route.

In addition, the locality will propose to the city authorities to supplement the planning of a wharf to serve tourism development associated with Vinh Dien River. Meanwhile, the People's Committee of Huong Tra Ward proposed that the city authorities soon consider and agree with the 4 wharf planning locations that the ward has submitted.

In this area, there has long been a plan to develop waterway tourism from Tam Ky River connecting to Phu Ninh Lake associated with eco-tourism spots, but it has encountered many difficulties due to the lack of a standard wharf.

Waterway tourism activities in Huong Tra ward are expected to flourish once the planned locations for the marina are approved. Photo: QUOC TUAN

In addition to the network of wharves that the local authorities are striving to establish and propose, the project of Construction and Business of Inland Waterway Tourism, which has been approved by the City People's Committee in principle for investment, is also expected to create a breakthrough for the wharves infrastructure serving tourism.

This project will build, renovate and upgrade a total of 20 inland waterway wharves in the city, along with auxiliary works serving operations at the wharves, on a total land area of more than 15 hectares.

In the 2025 - 2030 period, 7 inland waterway wharves will be built along the Han River. In the 2028 - 2031 period, 13 inland waterway wharves will be built along the Vinh Dien, Co Co, and Cam Le rivers.

The early expansion of the inland waterway system in the city will make an important contribution to concretizing the target of waterway tourists accounting for about 15 - 20% of the total number of visitors staying in Da Nang by 2030. It is known that in 2024, the number of inland waterway tourists in Da Nang will reach nearly 940 thousand (an increase of more than 13% over the same period).

Source: https://baodanang.vn/mo-rong-mang-luoi-ben-thuy-phuc-vu-du-lich-3305815.html