Bahamas-flagged cruise ship Seabourn Pride anchored at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang city on Wednesday, making it the first cruise ship to visit the city in 2013.

Some 200 European and Asian tourists on board were taken to tourist attractions in the cities of Hue and Hoi An and tourist sites in Da Nang such as the Cham Sculpture Museum and Ngu Hanh Son (Five Mounts).

According to the Da Nang tourism authority, in the first quarter of this year 48 cruise ships are expected to arrive at Tien Sa with 44,500 tourists.

Last year the city welcomed nearly 2.7 million visitors, 12 per cent up from 2011.-VNS