Set up 6,000 business appointments between Vietnamese and international tourism businesses

That's an impressive figure at the Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025, held over two days, October 16-17.

On October 16th, at the Ariyana International Convention Center in Da Nang, the 2nd Da Nang International Tourism Festival officially opened on an expanded international scale, creating opportunities for nearly 6,000 business transactions.

The event, chaired by the Da Nang Tourism Association and organized in collaboration with HorecFex Vietnam, aims to create a strong business networking space, open up opportunities for strategic connections and cooperation, and contribute to promoting sustainable growth in tourist numbers and revenue.

The Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2022, themed "Rising and Breaking Through," attracted over 300 vendors and 110 international buyers.

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Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Tan Van Vuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Da Nang City, said that in the first nine months of 2025, the city's tourism industry had made efforts and achieved impressive results, becoming a bright spot in Da Nang's economy with more than 14.4 million overnight visitors (an increase of more than 22% compared to the same period).

Of that total, international visitors reached 5.8 million (an increase of over 31%). Total revenue from accommodation, food, and travel services reached over 44,000 billion VND (an increase of 25%). Da Nang also achieved many internationally recognized titles, such as Asia's leading event and festival destination; top 10 Asian cities with the highest return visitor rate; top 50 most attractive tourist destinations globally; Hoi An ranked 6th among the 25 most beautiful cities in the world in 2025…

The Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025 saw more than 6,000 business meetings established between Vietnamese and international tourism businesses.

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This is a positive sign demonstrating the strong resurgence of the city's tourism after the merger, and also shows its increasing attractiveness to both domestic and international markets.

Mr. Vuong believes that, with the theme "Rising and Breaking Through," the second Da Nang International Tourism Festival in 2025 is an important event in the strategy of promoting the destination and elevating the city's tourism brand.

"This is not just a simple promotional event, but also a meeting point for Da Nang to affirm its position as a regional tourism, conference, and event center, and a bridge for trade, inspiring creativity for businesses, tourists, and the community," Mr. Vuong said.

Mr. Vu The Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, said that 2025 marks a significant leap forward for Vietnam's tourism industry, as the entire sector is striving to implement Government Resolution 226 with the goal of welcoming 25 million international visitors.

Mr. Vu The Binh, President of the Vietnam Tourism Association, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

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Within this overall picture, the Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025 is a significant highlight, demonstrating the determination, creativity, and unity of the Vietnamese tourism business community.

The Vietnam Tourism Association highly appreciates the role of the Da Nang Tourism Association, which, with its professionalism, dynamism, and creativity, has successfully connected more than 120 international buyers, over 200 domestic buyers, and more than 150 sellers, creating a large-scale tourism trade forum that has attracted strong interest from domestic and international partners, businesses, and media.

Taking place over two days, October 16-17, this event recorded a record number of over 6,000 business meetings established between Vietnamese and international tourism businesses, affirming Da Nang's growing appeal and influence on the regional tourism map.

Foreign partners are seeking information about domestic tourism.

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With the theme "Rising and Breaking Through," this year's event attracted over 300 vendors, 110 international buyers from key markets such as Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, India, CIS countries, and Western Europe, over 180 domestic travel companies, and nearly 2,000 attendees representing travel companies, hotels, restaurants, service providers, and tour guides.

The event is expected to bring many practical cooperation opportunities and become an important boost to promote trade and advertise Da Nang as a destination.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thiet-lap-6000-cuoc-hen-thuong-mai-giua-doanh-nghiep-du-lich-viet-nam-va-quoc-te-185251016134431801.htm