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The listing was made based on booking and travel trends in the first eight months of this year.

A cruise boat in Han River in Da Nang. (Photo: VNA).

The Indonesian city of Bandung, surrounded by the lush green Parahyangan mountains, topped the list. It was followed by Indonesia’s Yogyakarta, Luzon Islands in the Philippines and Malaysia’s Kuching.

Vietnam currently provides a reciprocal 30-day visa exemption for citizens of ASEAN member nations.

Along with Chinese and Republic of Koreans, Singaporeans have been the biggest visitors to Da Nang in recent years.

Last month Singapore’s Channel News Asia had included Da Nang in a list of five “under the radar” destinations in South and Southeast Asia.

Travel magazine Live and Invest Overseas voted Da Nang among world’s most livable cities earlier this year.

The number of travelers to the city has been increasing year after year, with an average annual growth of 20.06 percent between 2013 and 2017.

It hosted 6.6 million tourists, including 1.67 million foreigners, last year. The figure was more than 4 million visitors in the first half of 2018, surging by almost 30 percent year-on-year. Notably, vacationers from the Republic of Korea shot up by 100 percent to account for half of the over 1.6 million foreign arrivals in the city during the period.

Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week to resume on October 12-14

The Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will take place in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on October 12-14, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Duong Van Tien has said.

 

Vietnamese tourism promoted in RoK’s Gwangju city

Vietnamese tourism was introduced to nearly 100 representatives of travel firms, hotels, aviation companies and media of the Republic of Korea (RoK) at a workshop in Gwangju city – one of the biggest economic, cultural and education hubs of the RoK – on October 10.

 

Bac Giang to organize first “Culture and Tourism Week 2019”

(BGO) – On the 10th anniversary of Quan ho folk song recognized by UNESCO as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity, Ca Tru (Ceremonial) singing as world intangible cultural heritage in need of preservation  and ripen fruit season in Luc Ngan district, the People’s Committee in the northern province of Bac Giang has assigned the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to hold the first provincial Culture and  Tourism Week 2019.

 

Phu Tho province works to tap tourism potential

Bestowed with an array of world and national cultural heritage, the northern midland province of Phu Tho is looking for breakthrough measures to capitalize on its strength to become a must-visit destination for both domestic and international tourists.

 

Source: VNA