BUDDHISM SPIRITUAL TOURISM IN DA NANG: CURRENT SITUATION & DEVELOPING ORIENTATION

Abstract

Spiritual tourism is one kind of tourism that is currently being implemented in various countries around the world, including Vietnam. In our country, some cities now are promoting this type of tourism and have initially achieved certain effects. Among the tourist attractions of Vietnam, Da Nang is gradually affirming its brand in the tourists’ mind. Da Nang itself owns a lot of advantages to develop tourism. Besides, nobody can deny that Buddhism spiritual tourism is considered as one of the strengths of the locality. Through the process of surveying some famous Buddhism spiritual sites in Da Nang, the authors found that there were still many problems existing as well as Danang has not exploited and promoted its potential strengths. On the basic of the current situation of Buddhism spiritual tourism, the authors offer some orientations for the development of Buddhism spiritual tourism in Da Nang city.