Da Nang, regional and international culinary spaces, themed "Delicious dishes convergence", serve over 200 typical dishes along with spaces for hometown gifts, a countryside market, and beer and other beverages. In addition, visitors can visit and purchase OCOP products and local agricultural products at the festival.
Many special activities also took place at the festival, such as: Danang Food Fun; Da Nang Food Tour – The Chef Competition; a video competition on Da Nang culinary experience journey; Da Nang Food Tour culinary passport; a Traveloka x Danang Food Tour program; and many other attractive activities.
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International visitors experience to make spring rolls at the festival. (Photo: NDO) |
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the festival, Truong Thi Hong Hanh, Director of the Da Nang Department of Tourism, said that inheriting the results achieved in 2024, the city's tourism activities have continued to grow and develop strongly. In the first two months of 2025, the total number of visitors served by accommodation establishments was estimated to reach nearly 1.6 million, an increase of 18.3%. Of which, international visitors were estimated at 835,700 arrivals, an increase of 48.3%, while domestic visitors were estimated at 731,800 arrivals.
Revenue from accommodation, food and beverage, and travel in the first two months of 2025 was estimated at more than 5.2 trillion VND, up 21% over the same period in 2024. Particularly, revenue from food and beverage reached nearly 3,000 billion VND, up 18.6% over the same period of last year.
The festival will also be an annual event to promote the city's tourism and develop Da Nang as a unique culinary tourist destination on the world tourism map, thus continuing to affirm Da Nang as “Asia's leading festival and event destination". At the same time, it contributes to creating new tourism products to attract and serve tourists.
On the occasion, Da Nang’s tourism industry also launched the Da Nang Chefs Club to create a professional playground for professional chefs to share experiences and cooking skills, helping to ensure that they can serve the increasingly high and diverse needs of tourists. At the same time, it will significantly contribute to elevating local and Vietnamese cuisine to become a unique tourism product.
The Da Nang Food Tour Festival 2025 will run until April 1.
