Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025, opening up 6,000 business opportunities

The Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025 opened on the morning of October 16, gathering hundreds of domestic and foreign businesses, opening up more than 6,000 business opportunities, affirming Da Nang's position as a tourism center.

On the morning of October 16, at the Ariyana International Convention Palace in Da Nang, the Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025 officially opened, marking the second time it was held on an expanded international scale.

The event is hosted by the Da Nang Tourism Association, in coordination with HorecFex Vietnam, to create a space for trade, cooperation and professional tourism promotion, contributing to making Da Nang become the leading tourism - event center in the region.

Record 6,000 tourism trade opportunities

It is expected that over 6,000 business meetings will be set up between domestic and foreign tourism businesses on October 16-17. This is a record number, affirming the attractiveness of Da Nang on the Asian tourism map, and at the same time showing a strong growth trend after the merger of Da Nang - Quang Nam .

Mr. Vu The Binh, Chairman of Vietnam Tourism Association. (Photo: Thanh Phong/Vietnam+)

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Vu The Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, said: “2025 is the year when Vietnam’s tourism industry will make a strong breakthrough with the goal of welcoming 25 million international visitors. In that picture, the Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025 is an important highlight, demonstrating the determination and creativity of the Vietnamese tourism business community.”

According to Mr. Binh, the Vietnam Tourism Association highly appreciated Da Nang's efforts in organizing a large-scale event, successfully connecting more than 120 international buyers, 200 domestic buyers and more than 150 service providers.

“This is not only a fair, but also a connecting space, inspiring cooperation for the entire tourism industry,” Mr. Binh emphasized.

Affirming the new Da Nang tourism brand

Mr. Tan Van Vuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Da Nang, said the event took place in the context of the merger of Da Nang city and Quang Nam province, opening up a new space for tourism development, creating sustainable momentum for the Central region.

In the first 9 months of 2025, Da Nang's tourism industry recorded impressive growth, becoming a bright spot in the city's economy. The total number of visitors reached more than 14.4 million, up 22% over the same period in 2024, of which international visitors accounted for more than 5.8 million, up over 31%. Revenue from accommodation, food and beverage and travel services reached about 44,000 billion VND, up 25%, contributing significantly to the local budget.

Notably, Da Nang has been continuously honored on the world tourism map: the leading event and festival destination in Asia, in the top 10 Asian cities with the highest rate of returning visitors and in the top 50 attractive global destinations.

Hoi An City, part of the expanded tourism space after the merger, was also ranked 6th in the 25 most beautiful cities in the world in 2025, contributing to strengthening the position of the Da Nang - Quang Nam tourist region as a new international tourism center of Vietnam.

More than 6,000 tourism trade opportunities were organized. (Photo: Thanh Phong/Vietnam+)

With the theme "Strengthen and Breakthrough", Da Nang International Tourism Festival 2025 attracted more than 300 sales units, more than 180 domestic travel companies, 110 international buyers from key markets: Thailand, Korea, China, Russia, India, CIS countries and Western Europe.

In particular, nearly 2,000 attendees were representatives of travel agencies, hotels, restaurants, service providers and tour guides, bringing many practical cooperation opportunities.

According to Mr. Vuong, this is a great opportunity for local businesses to update trends, share experiences and expand international cooperation.

“The festival is not only a simple tourism promotion activity, but also an opportunity for Da Nang to affirm its role as a regional conference and event center, spreading the image of a hospitable, dynamic and creative city,” Mr. Vuon said.

The event is expected to become an annual activity, contributing to promoting investment cooperation and developing green and smart tourism products, aiming to make Da Nang "Asia's leading event and festival city" in the coming period./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/ngay-hoi-du-lich-quoc-te-da-nang-2025-mo-ra-6000-co-hoi-giao-thuong-post1070705.vnp