Beach sports services attract fewer tourists By Nhan Tam Parasailing on My Khe Beach, Danang City, in a swimming area – PHOTO: NHAN TAM DANANG – Popular beach sports services in Danang City, particularly parasailing, kayaking and jet skiing, are seeing declining interest following a deadly accident involving two water bikes in early August and a ban on beach sports in Hoi An Town. Truong Minh Cam, director of Danang Sea and Sports JSC, the only company to obtain a business license for beach sports on the beaches of Danang, confirmed that negative media reports have rattled tourists, especially domestic ones. The company now mainly serves Chinese and South Korean customers, Cam told The Saigon Times. “The company has stopped offering the jet-ski service,” he said, adding that the firm has four new canoes, 10 water bikes and 12 parachutes in use at old sites. The government of Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province last weekend issued a decision to stop all business activities involving canoeing and other beach sports as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has yet to release any guidelines for these sports. However, a leader of Quang Nam Province’s Department of Tourism noted that the decision was made after the crash between the two water bikes, which left one person dead. The move is aimed at reviewing sports activities at tourist destinations such as Cham Islet, An Bang Beach and Cua Dai Beach to avoid similar accidents. Tourism firms decried the ban as sea… [Read full story]
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