VietNamNet Bridge – The first 2017 group of tourists in the central city of Da Nang were 150 passengers on a Silk Air flight from Singapore on January 1, 2017.

A craftswoman makes lanterns for tourists at a shop in Hoi An City. The old town hosted over 2 million tourists in 2016. — VNS Photo Nguyen Khoi     Da Nang hosts the first foreign tourists arriving on a Silk Air flight from Singapore on January 1. — VNS Photo Le Lam

Ross Parker and his wife Corrine from Australia were welcomed with gifts as the first foreign tourists visiting the city this year.

Also on the first day of the New Year, the city hosted flights from Incheon, South Korea.

Thai Airways, budget VietJetAir and AirAsia will operate more flights from Bangkok and Chiang Mai to Da Nang in 2017.

Da Nang is now the destination of 20 international air routes, of which 11 are of regular flights and nine of chartered ones.

New Year in Hoi An

Thousands of local and foreign tourists celebrated New Year at Hoi An City’s old quarter.

Quang Nam Province hosted 4.1 million tourists in 2016, 2 million of them foreign visitors, bringing in total revenues of over VND6.7 trillion (nearly $300 million).

The province is home to two world heritage – the city of Hoi An and the My Son Sanctuary, and the World Biosphere Reserve of Cham Island-Hoi An.

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