Famous Danang market still deserted due to Covid-19

Traders at the Han Market which is a popular tourist destination in Danang City are closing their businesses due to a lack of customers amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Traders at the Han Market which is a popular tourist destination in Danang City are closing their businesses due to a lack of customers amid Covid-19 pandemic.

   

Many traders have to close their businesses at Han Market in Danang City due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Most of the visitors to Han Market are tourists so when the Covid-19 outbreak occurred, traders were badly affected. The traders said the business had been bad for months. Before Covid-19, they received dozens of tourist groups a day. However, in recent months, they have had nearly no customers.

Vo Thi Anh Tuyet, a trader at Han Market, said, "There were days I was unable to sell anything. Some days I could sell something at between VND60,000 (USD2.5) to VND200,000. But I still have to pay the rental fee, electricity bill and rubbish collection fee. I hope the authorities will have plans to attract tourists to Danang again."

Because of poor business, no one can sell or lease their stalls anyway. Many traders decided to temporarily close their stalls until there are more tourists.

According to Hoang Cung Thuong Duc, deputy head of the market management board, there are 700 business households at the market, 500 of them sell tourism products. After the Covid-19 outbreak in Danang was controlled, 85% of them reopened but had to deal with a lack of customers. The management board has proposed to the city authorities to lower tax and rental fees for the traders.

"In order to have more customers, Danang City needs more promotion programmes to attract tourists to the city," Duc said.