Central VN plans for transport hub

Central VN plans for transport hub From a relatively unfrequented destination in the mid-90s, Central Viet Nam is now an acknowledged tourism hot spot, recognised by the international travel industry and publications like the Asian Wall Street Journal and Conde Nast Traveller. There are now domestic flights from all of Viet Nam’s major cities with the country’s national carrier Vietnam Airlines and its second airline, Pacific Airlines, focusing on Da Nang as a transport centre for travel within Viet Nam and Asia. More than half the total overseas travellers visiting the region last year arrived by air, along with a large number of domestic travellers. Until 1998, tourists flew on ageing Russian Tupolevs on the only domestic flights to Da Nang. These aircraft have long since been replaced by modern Airbus, Boeing, ATR and Fokkers operated by the country’s two carriers. In 1996 Da Nang’s international airport received its first direct international flight from Macau.