New Hong Kong-Đà Nẵng offers more travel trips to central Việt Nam

New Hong Kong-Đà Nẵng offers more travel trips to central Việt Nam

A tourist from Hong Kong is welcomed by Đà Nẵng’s tourism department on the launching of a new air route Hong Kong-Đà Nẵng on Monday. — VNS Photo Công Thành p ĐÀ NẴNG — Budget carrier Jetstar Pacific has become the third airline to offer regular direct flights between Hong Kong and Đà Nẵng. /p p The airline said the flight was aimed to boost tourism and business travel between Đà Nẵng and Hong Kong and added that it’s the third flight connecting Đà Nẵng and Hong Kong after Đà Nẵng-Taiwan and Đà Nẵng-Singapore air routes were launched in  二0 一 六. /p p As scheduled, Jetstar Pacific, a member of the Jetstar Group, will operate three return flights a week on Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, using  一 八0-seat Airbus A 三 二0s with a travel time of one hour and  四 五 minutes. /p p To inaugurate the new route, Jetstar Pacific has offered a promotion progra妹妹e for the Đà Nẵng-Hong Kong flight, with one-way ticket prices of VNĐ 二 九0,000 (US$ 一 二. 七) for bookings every day. /p p Deputy director of the central city’s tourism department, Trương Thị Hồng Hạnh said the route will increase tourism demand in  二0 一 七, when Đà Nẵng will host series events such á the  二0 一 七 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) Su妹妹it, VNG Ironman  七0. 三 Việt Nam, Đà Nẵng International Marathon and the International Fireworks Festival. /p p Hạnh said the city expects to host  六. 三 million tourists--of which  二. 三 million will be foreigners--this year. /p p According to the latest report,  一. 三 million tourists visited the city in the first quarter this year, a  二 九. 四 per cent increase over the same period last year. /p p The city’s tourism and service sector earned VNĐ 三. 九 trillion (US$ 一 七 三 million), a  三 一. 二 per cent increase. /p p In  二0 一 五, Cathay Dragon launched an air route from Hong Kong to Đà Nẵng with seven flights a week, while Hong Kong Express operates three fights per week. /p p Đà Nẵng currently hosts  二0 international flights routes. /p p As planned, the city will put into operation of a new terminal – beside the old one – at Đà Nẵng International Airport from next month, increasing capacity of hosting  一 二 million tourists by airway each year. — VNS /p