Da Nang Officials Urge Visitor-Capacity Plans for Sensitive Sites

A tourism official recommended carrying-capacity indicators for Son Tra, Cham Island, Hoi An and My Son. No new visitor limits were announced.

At a green-tourism conference in Da Nang, a national tourism official recommended that the city establish carrying-capacity indicators for Son Tra Peninsula, Cham Island, Hoi An and My Son. The report describes a proposal, not a new visitor cap or access rule.

A recommendation, not a new limit

Vu Quang Dung, deputy head of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism, said the city should set indicators for ecologically sensitive sites and heritage destinations. He also recommended expanding tourism toward western Da Nang, developing community-based ecotourism and linking clean agricultural products with tourism services.

The conference report gives no visitor threshold, enforcement method or implementation date for the proposed indicators. It does not announce a closure, revised entrance fee or change to current site access.

A later Hoi An heritage-tourism workshop also discussed visitor-flow management and site capacity.

Green standards are still planned for wider use

Da Nang introduced its Green Stay criteria for hotels in August 2026. The city plans to extend green standards to tourist sites by 2027 and says it will shift from awareness campaigns toward practical business support. The report does not say those wider standards are already in force.

A separate Da Nang project for the Cham Islands proposes digital visitor-monitoring and ticketing tools for 2026–2027. That plan is also distinct from a binding visitor cap.

For now, the conference recommendation does not change how visitors enter these places. The practical point is to watch for a later formal decision rather than assume that a numerical limit has already been set.

See our Cham Islands digital tourism project update for the separate plan.