The annual was first introduced in 2014 by JALPAK to select most favored restaurants and hotels by a poll among tourists.

Furama Resort Da Nang, the 5-star beach resort in central Việt Nam, has won the ’favored hotel of 2017’ by JALPAK, a Japanese tourism agency. (Photo: VNA).

The Furama resort was one of five hotels in Asia that won the award from JALPAK.

General Manager of Furama Resort Da Nang Matthias Wiesmann said Japan was one of the top three tourism markets for the beach resort.

He said the resort offered unique services for tourists from Japan by employing Japanese staff and exchanging cuisine programmes among Vietnamese and Japanese chefs.

The resort was one of the largest importers in central Vietnam of Kobe beef from Japan, he said.

Earlier, the Furama resort won two other trophies – the Luxury Ocean View Resort and the Luxury Wedding Destination – at the prestigious World Luxury Hotel Awards in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Winners of the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2018 were honored at a ceremony held in Hanoi on July 9 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and Vietnam Tourism Association.

 

Inauguration of main hall of Truc lam Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery – spiritual tourism spotlight

(BGO) – Construction of the Truc Lam Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery began at the end of 2011 in Nham Son commune, Yen Dung district, the northern province of Bac Giang, with many items completed. The inauguration ceremony of the main hall of the monastery took place on August 29 or the 19th day of the seventh lunar month, opening up new opportunities for local tourism development. 

 

Da Nang realty gets a fillip from tourism growth

The average absorption rate in Da Nang’s apartment segment topped 93 percent in first half of 2018, a new report says.

 

Tourism with hands-on woodblock printing – an unique idea

(BGO) – Turning woodblocks into a tourism product is the unique idea of Dang Huong My of Class 12A12 and Nguyen Ha My of Class 12A1 with the support of Le Thi Thu Thuy, a Geography teacher at Ngo Si Lien High School.

 

Source: VNA