{"id":6993,"date":"2021-10-21T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.saigonhotel.com.vn\/?p=6993"},"modified":"2025-04-05T19:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:46:38","slug":"vietnam-wins-award-as-asias-leading-tourist-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saigonhotel.com.vn\/vi\/vietnam-wins-award-as-asias-leading-tourist-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam wins award as Asia&#8217;s leading tourist destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6967\" src=\"http:\/\/saigonhotel.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/best-reasons-to-visit-vietnam-4.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saigonhotel.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/best-reasons-to-visit-vietnam-4.webp 870w, https:\/\/saigonhotel.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/best-reasons-to-visit-vietnam-4-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/saigonhotel.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/best-reasons-to-visit-vietnam-4-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/saigonhotel.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/best-reasons-to-visit-vietnam-4-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/>Vietnam has beaten eight other rivals to win the title \u201cAsia\u2019s Leading Destination\u201d at the 2021 World Travel Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Its competitors are China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh was also named Asia\u2019s leading tourist attraction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Since its recognition as a UNESCO natural world heritage in 1994, Ha Long Bay has found a spot on the global tourism map, with travel bloggers and filmmakers hailing its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone pillars topped by rainforests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The bay helped Quang Ninh welcome 14 million tourists, including 5.7 million foreigners, in 2019, an increase of 14 percent from the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Van Don, Vietnam\u2019s first private airport, in Quang Ninh also won Asia\u2019s leading airport title. Inaugurated in December 2018, the VND7.5 trillion airport lies 50 kilometers from Ha Long Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The results were based on votes cast by travel industry professionals and the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">World Travel Awards was first launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">It has been heralded the \u201ctravel industry\u2019s equivalent of the Oscars\u201d by The Wall Street Journal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Source:\u00a0 https:\/\/e.vnexpress.net<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vietnam has beaten eight other rivals to win the title \u201cAsia\u2019s Leading Destination\u201d at the 2021 World Travel Awards. Its competitors are China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh was also named Asia\u2019s leading tourist attraction. 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