Da Nang welcomes aviation leaders for Routes Asia 2022
(VOVWORLD) - The 16th Asian route development forum (Routes Asia 2022), the largest and biggest event to promote and connect flight networks in the Asia-Pacific region, has opened in Da Nang city.
The event drew 550 Vietnamese and foreign delegates including from 200 international aviation agencies and organisations from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
During the event, more than 1,5000 meetings between stakeholders including airliners, airport and destination managers were held focusing on ways to restore air routes and create long-term economic values for the region. The delegates analysed the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts on consumers ' behavior and tourism trends in order to map out the most strategy to restore the market.
By hosting the event, Da Nang continues to affirm its position as Asia's leading event and festival destination, a hub for aviation and tourism development in Vietnam and the region, she stressed.
In the framework of the 16th Routes Asia in Da Nang, nine events are planned, including an exhibition on tourism and aviation; a direct business connection programme with over 500 meetings between partners on the system of the Asia route development forum; conferences and workshops on aviation restoration in Asia and air service development in the new normal; among others.
The event is expected to help Da Nang promote and introduce its image and development potential, thus creating a foundation for restoring and expanding international flight networks; promoting investment in aviation and tourism infrastructure, and strengthening exchange of goods and services between the central city with partner cities in Asia.
The Routes Asia forum was held for the first time in 2003.