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From mid-March, the central coastal city of Danang will receive
around 36,000 Russiantourists this year, according to the HCM City-based Anh
Duong Tourism Company and Russian travel agency Pegas Touristik.
After the two popular destinations of Nha Trang and Mui Ne in the central
coastal region, Danang is becoming a new destination favoured by Russian
tourists.
Along with taking tourists to Danang, Pegas Touristik will continue to bring
tourists to Nha Trang and Mui Ne through this summer, instead of only flying
until May 2012 as scheduled. From the end of October 2011 to now, the Cam Ranh
International Airport has welcomed 25,000 Russian tourists.
Deputy Director of the Danang Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism Nguyen
Phuc Linh said that by 2015, Danang will need around 10,000 workers in the
tourism sector to able to service the local tourism infrastructure system.
However, tourism workers in the city now meet just one tenth of the real demand.
Currently, Danang has nearly 280 hotels with more than 8,660 rooms. In 2011
alone the number of hotel rooms increased by 2,500, and the city aims to have
17,000 rooms in 2015.
On February 11, the management board for Son Tra Peninsula and beaches in Danang
kicked off programme “Spring Walk around Son Tra” with a series of sport and
amusement activities and tours around the peninsula. In January 2012, 41,000
tourists visited Son Tra Peninsula, of which more than 40,000 were domestic
tourists.
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