The prosperous past of "Silk Road"
In the XVI-XVII century, Co Co river connected Da Nang port with Hoi An commercial port, which was likened to the Silk Road for Japanese and Chinese merchants to enter and trade between the two regions. Due to its position at the end of the river and the sea, Co Co is a brackish water area with many aquatic products, nearby people live mainly on fishing. Along the river banks are famous scenic spots. King Minh Mang also used to take a boat along Co Co River to enjoy the scenery along the riverside, sitting on the Marble Mountains.
It is undeniable that this is the most important maritime route that makes a busy Hoi An trading port, contributing to building a solid economy for the Nguyen Lords in the journey to expand to the South.
Over time, due to the changes of climate, soil, the river gradually filled up and was no longer as smooth as before.
Realizing the important meaning of the arterial river for a while, recently, Da Nang City People’s Committee and Quang Nam People’s Committee unified the dredging and articulation plan to connect Co Co river channel before September 2020. More than 1,000 billion dong has been planned by Quang Nam province for synchronizing and embellishing the river.
The two localities also agreed to deploy stops and entertainment for tourism development along the Co Co river to maximize the potential of river tourism of the two localities.
When cleared, the river will connect by waterway the most tourist places such as Hoi An ancient town, the scenic Marble Mountains, the lower Han River, Son Tra Peninsula ... 28km of river bank will become a tourist destination Ecological calendar with the model resort urban areas, the stopping spaces with the rustic features of the native Quang village, and countless shopping centers attracting tourists in and outside the country.
Saying so to see, clearing the Co Co river is the main source of socio-economic development of both Da Nang and Quang Nam regions. The prosperous past of Hoi An commercial port is crowded and crowded with boats going in and out will be more and more vibrant and prosperous.
The future of riverside cities
The smokeless industry in Da Nang expects to continue to make breakthroughs when river tourism develops strongly
With over 4.3 million visitors to the most attractive destination in 2019 - Da Nang and 4 million visitors to the best tourist city in the world in Hoi An only in the first 6 months of 2019, the type of river travel on " Silk Road "Co Co once promised to become a new and unique choice.
Looking to the poetic rivers is always the dream of the traveling believers like the Danube flowing from the Black Forest (Germany) to the Black Sea (Romania) going through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria with the journey of excursions. famous week-long between Budapest, Hungary and Passau, close to the Austrian border.
Or as 74km long Neva river, flows from Lake Ladoga through the Isthmus of Karelia and the city of St Petersburg (Russia) into the Gulf of Finland. 28km through St Petersburg, there are countless famous buildings that become stops of tours such as the Winter Palace, Isaacs Cathedral.
In 2018, Russia’s northern capital welcomed more than 8.2 million visitors. The city on the river thanks to tourism that developed strongly with the streets of trade, services and entertainment to meet the needs of shopping and staying of tourists.
The reference to the future Co Co river, when tourism on the river develops, will create a strong growth for tourist urban areas and riverside services. Like the tourist city of St Petersburg (Russia) with Neva river flowing through, projects with synchronous infrastructure and utilities will open business opportunities for tourism, shopping, accommodation and tour services. vibrant location.
Not to mention, Southeastern Danang area is becoming the focal point for development of the Han River city with many resorts, luxury hotels, casinos, large-scale commercial centers ... Son Thuy beach and cultural symbols, masterpieces of the Ngu Hanh Son natural landscape in the Southeast are always crowded with tourists.
Just one more year, when the first two Co Co Hoa rivers become one, tourists will easily cross the boat from Hoi An to Da Nang. And the schedule of discoveries "the central tourism capital" will name more new stops, entertainment and entertainment in modern urban areas along the river southeast of the city.
