The annual B2B event of Vietnam’s tourism industry, first held in Da Nang in 2024.
The Danang International Tourism Festival is an annual B2B event run by the Da Nang Tourism Association, bringing together international buyers from 11 source markets and suppliers from across Vietnam in three segments: leisure, MICE and tour operations. Buyers are referred by national travel associations including KATA (Korea), JATA (Japan), CATS (China), ATOR (Russia) and TTAA (Thailand).
The 2026 edition runs 16 – 19 October at the Ariyana Convention Centre with HorecFex Vietnam. It comprises an exhibition floor of more than 300 companies, a thematic workshop on the development of Vietnamese tourism, international and domestic B2B matching sessions, a Gala Dinner and buyer inspection programmes.
The organiser is the Da Nang Tourism Association, a professional body founded in 2004 that brings together the city’s tour operators, hotels, transport and tourism services.
The largest convention centre in central Vietnam, on the Vo Nguyen Giap coastal road. It hosted APEC Leaders’ Week in 2017.
Nationals of many countries enter Vietnam visa-free for a set period; others can apply for an e-visa online. The organiser issues invitation letters to approved buyers.
The festival began in 2024. Below is the theme, scale and outcome of each edition.
The first edition to carry the word “International”, run with HorecFex Vietnam. The Buyers Meet Sellers floor became one of the largest tourism B2B halls in the country.
Buyer marketsThailand · Philippines · Indonesia · Malaysia · Korea · China · Japan · Russia & CIS · India · Western Europe
The first edition, marking twenty years of the association (2004 – 2024). It also hosted the association’s 4th congress for the 2024 – 2029 term, a smart-tourism workshop and inbound famtrips.
Buyer marketsVietnam · Singapore · Philippines · Malaysia · Indonesia · Thailand · India · Japan · Korea · China · Taiwan
