With the Vietnam-International Food Festival, one of the main activities of the 2023-Enjoy Danang 2023 Summer Festival, Danang's tourism industry has attracted thousands of visitors and visitors. The dishes are specialties of many regions, regions and many stalls specializing in international cuisine of Japan, Korea, Laos, Cambodia, China... have become the highlight of "persuading" many tourists to choose Da Nang as a destination. destination during the sea tourism season.
Sisters Kassidee and Izzy (American tourists) enjoyed the experience of making Dong Ho paintings at the 2023-Enjoy Danang 2023 Summer Enjoyment Festival.
Considered as the most "attractive" culinary space compared to many previous events, the Vietnam-Da Nang International Food Festival 2023 will feature a culinary space, a refreshment space, and an experience space. , processing local cuisine or experiencing traditional craft villages, has left a good impression and many great experiences for domestic and international tourists when coming to Da Nang during the summer.
Unique cultural-food space
In the culinary space, the Organizing Committee arranged and arranged stalls with more than 100 local, regional and international dishes to attract a large number of visitors. With familiar traditional dishes such as Quang noodles, banh soup, Hue vermicelli, Hoi An Cao Lau, banh beo, bread, etc. to famous dishes of Laos, Japan, Thailand, India... Besides There, visitors experience making their own folk cakes such as rice paper, leaf noodle; Make various kinds of filter cake, Nam cake, Beo cake, Xeo cake... and experience the traditional village space such as Cam Ne mat weaving, Co Tu brocade weaving, bamboo and rattan knitting, hat painting, Dong Ho folk painting. …
In order to facilitate visitors to fully experience the culinary space, the Organizing Committee arranges tables and chairs for visitors to eat and watch directly the chef processing. In order to ensure the beauty and food safety and hygiene, waste is collected and treated neatly right after visitors finish eating. The traditional culinary experience area is visited by many domestic and international tourists. Because you have the opportunity to enjoy many famous local, regional and international dishes, you can combine sightseeing, shopping for souvenirs, agricultural products, and food at the exhibition space and selling OCOP products.
Interested in Vietnamese culinary art at this space, Mr. Jorik (a tourist from Belgium) excitedly shared: Really impressed and very happy to learn and enjoy many delicious dishes here. I am quite impressed with the grilled pork dish, the taste is very specific. Vietnamese food is amazing.”
Sharing the same experience of enjoying Quang noodles, and hand-coated leaf noodles, Ms. Ho Thi Khanh Thi, a tourist from Thai Binh said: “Our family came to Da Nang right when the city was in the sea tourism season. . Very impressed to enjoy famous dishes in the space by the beach. I was especially impressed with Quang noodles. Hopefully, the next time we come back to Da Nang, we will experience more delicious and attractive cuisine here.”
Present at the Dong Ho folk painting experience space, many international tourists have spent time making a picture with their own hands as a souvenir of Vietnam's tourism. Ms. Kassidee and Izzy (American tourists) enjoyed printing Dong Ho paintings on dó paper. “We were very impressed by the colors, materials and meaning of each painting. When I experience doing a Dong Ho painting myself, I feel very happy and interesting." Ms. Izzy, 22 years old, a tourist from the US shared.
Turning cuisine into a unique tourism product
Da Nang currently has more than 4.000 dining establishments and 200 restaurants, of which more than 2.000 are small and medium-sized, serving dishes from different regions of Vietnam. The food in Da Nang is relatively diverse in terms of categories, from local specialties to international dishes. The international dishes that attract tourists in the city are mainly focused on traditional markets such as Korea, China, Japan, and Thailand.
The People's Committee of Da Nang City has just issued Plan No. 114/KH-UBND dated May 24, 5 on developing cuisine into a unique tourism product in the area from 2023 to 2023 with the aim of The aim is to create new products and distinct attractions for the destination, thereby stimulating visitor spending and attracting tourist markets.
With the advantage of a diverse and rich system of business and service establishments, Da Nang orients to develop culinary tourism products in three groups including: local cuisine, regional cuisine and international cuisine. Each grouped into three segments including high-end culinary tourism; Mid-range culinary tourism and street food tourism associated with traditional values… By 2030, Da Nang strives to become a center of international culinary tourism with special and high quality qualities of Vietnam and the region. ; where the convergence of traditional local cuisine, regions of Vietnam and international.
According to statistics, the number of guests staying in July 7 was estimated at nearly 2023 thousand arrivals, up 782% over the previous month and 5,3% over the same period in 78,5; in which, international visitors are estimated at 2022 thousand arrivals. It is estimated that in July 204,6, Da Nang's accommodation and food service revenue reached VND 7 billion, up 2023% over the previous month and up 2.185,2% over the same period in 6,3.
According to Mr. Tan Van Vuong, Deputy Director of Danang Department of Tourism, over the past time, the city's tourism industry regularly organizes food promotion programs to domestic and international tourists such as inviting celebrities celebrities, influencers (KOLs) to introduce local dishes. The Vietnam-International Food Festival is part of the series of activities of the Danang Summer Enjoyment Festival 2023 with the desire to create a culinary and experience space for visitors. This is also a great effort of Da Nang tourism industry to diversify and form a system of culinary tourism products; at the same time exploiting and developing cuisine as a new and unique product to attract domestic and international guests to come and choose Da Nang to return.
On August 1, Mr. Tran Van Vu, Director of Da Nang Statistical Department, said that Da Nang's tourism activities are gradually recovering and developing strongly. Events and festivals are continuously organized, contributing to creating a vibrant and fresh atmosphere that attracts a large number of domestic and international tourists to visit and experience.
Along with the series of events of Enjoy the Summer of 2023, many units have upgraded and invested in new tourism and resort products, bringing people and visitors many new and impressive activities, contributing to Da Nang - Asia's leading tourist destination.
According to Nhan Dan newspaper
