Bangkok is one of the top three destinations for South Koreans during the holiday period next month. (Photo by Pongpet Mekloy) Jeju Island at the southern tip, Bangkok and Vietnamese hide-out Da Nang are favourite destinations for South Koreans to spend during a holiday next month, with Japanese locations off the list amid diplomatic and trade row.Global travel search engine Skyscanner analysed airline ticket searches by South Koreans for Sept 11-15 and found that Jeju, Bangkok and Da Nang held the top three spots as choices for them during the Chuseok holiday period starting from Sept 12-15, Pulse reported on Monday. The holiday period in South Korea is restricted due to shorter days and anti-Japan sentiment. Vietnam’s Da Nang was the top pick by group tourists. The fourth largest city in Vietnam has become South Koreans’ value-for-money vacationing destination. The city has My Khe Beach that was voted the top six most beautiful beaches of the … [Read more...] about Jeju, Bangkok, Da Nang top 3 travel picks for South Koreans
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Da Nang clears litter from coral reefs
Authorities in Son Tra Peninsula and other beaches in the central city of Da Nang performed a cleanup on Saturday to protect coral reefs. 15 standup paddle boards (SUP) from the Da Nang SUP Club were sent out to the Bai Nam area of the peninsula to clean up the coral reefs. Paddle boards, nets, nylon bags and other trash were found stuck in the coral, damaging them. A member of the Da Nang SUP Club dives to remove the trash. Beer cans found amid the coral. A volunteer brings two beer cans to the surface. Tuan Dung (L) and Tra Thanh Tu bring a net to the surface. Nets and other objects stuck in the coral were removed before the corals were returned to the sea. "I was surprised to see such beautiful coral reefs have so much trash," Dung said. "I hope our small actions would help more people become aware of the need to protect the marine ecology." In a coral reef near the shore, passers-by also lent a hand to collect the trash. The Son Tra Peninsula, a popular travel destination … [Read more...] about Da Nang clears litter from coral reefs
Exploring the Best of Da Nang
As my plane descended through a thick layer of clouds toward the city, I began shuffling excitedly through the list of things to do in Da Nang I’d written in my mind. Unfortunately, however, it took only a few minutes on the ground at Da Nang’s modern-looking airport to shake me back into the present moment. Emphasis on “looking”: Shiny facade or not, the operations of Vietnam‘s immigration services were as slow and dysfunctional as they’d been nine years earlier, the last time I’d set foot in the country. At some point—specifically, just after queueing for half an hour and being told I was in the wrong line—I would’ve traded seeing every single one of the Da Nang attractions for a ticket back to Bangkok. Somehow, I ended up making it through the mess in just over an hour, which meant not only that I’d get to ascend Ba Na Hill and says my prayers at Da Nang Cathedral, but also that I’d get to travel from Da Nang to … [Read more...] about Exploring the Best of Da Nang
Ba Na Hills, Da Nang’s tourism magnet
In the first quarter of this year the central city was served by 27 international flight routes and nine domestic services. There were 56 flights a week on the Thailand-Da Nang sector. Da Nang City. Thailand has surpassed Japan as the city's third largest source of foreign tourists, said Huynh Huong Lan, deputy director of the Da Nang Tourism Promotion Centre. Da Nang saw a new high in tourist arrival numbers in the first quarter. A total of 1.8 million visitors came, up 16.4 per cent year-on-year, including 876,500 foreign tourists, up 31.2 percent. The increase in tourist numbers as well as the duration of visitors' stay is clear proof of the tourism sector's growth. The average length of stay was 2.6 days for domestic tourists and 2.85 days for foreigners, according to a survey by the Danang Institute for Socio-Economic Development. Ba Na Hills. "Ten years ago Da Nang was an unfamiliar name even to Vietnamese, but now almost all foreign tourists want to visit Da … [Read more...] about Ba Na Hills, Da Nang’s tourism magnet
Da Nang a top summer destination for Hong Kong travelers
Citing data compiled by travel search engine Kayak, the Hong Kong-based newspaper has ranked Da Nang third among 10 most popular destinations for Hong Kong holidaygoers to enjoy summer holidays based on an increase in flight searches. Kayak data shows that the search frequencies of flights in the next two months from Hong Kong to Da Nang has seen a year-on-year surge of 246 percent. "Hong Kong travelers are looking to discover new destinations this summer, and are not afraid to explore further from home," Matthew Wong, Kayak’s senior Asia-Pacific regional manager. Fukuoka in Japan was the most sought destination, with flight searches surging 304 percent year-on-year, followed by Chiang Mai in Thailand (270 percent). Melbourne and Sydney in Australia came in fourth and fifth on the list. The rest of the top 10 included Busan in South Korea, Thailand’s Phuket, Sapporo and Okinawa in Japan and Taiwan’s Taichung. Da Nang, home to the beautiful My Khe Beach and a neighbor … [Read more...] about Da Nang a top summer destination for Hong Kong travelers