Ha Long Bay of Vietnam has been included in the list of “100 trips youmust take in your lifetime” recently released by the US magazineBusiness Insider.
The magazine recommended spending anight on a junk boat in the bay, amid a multitude of limestone islandsand islets rising from the sea, in a variety of sizes and shapes andpresenting picturesque, unspoiled nature.
The baycovers an area of 43,400 ha and includes over 1,969 islands and islets,most of which are uninhabited and unaffected by humans.
Recognised by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage in 1994, Ha Long Baywelcomes 2.5 million tourists each year, including 1 million foreignvisitors. It was voted as one of the world’s seven new wonders ofnature last year.
Also on the magazine’s list aretrips of hiking along the unrestored section of the Great Wall ofChina, attending a cherry blossom festival in Japan and driving aclassic car in Havana, Cuba.-VNA
The magazine recommended spending anight on a junk boat in the bay, amid a multitude of limestone islandsand islets rising from the sea, in a variety of sizes and shapes andpresenting picturesque, unspoiled nature.
The baycovers an area of 43,400 ha and includes over 1,969 islands and islets,most of which are uninhabited and unaffected by humans.
Recognised by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage in 1994, Ha Long Baywelcomes 2.5 million tourists each year, including 1 million foreignvisitors. It was voted as one of the world’s seven new wonders ofnature last year.
Also on the magazine’s list aretrips of hiking along the unrestored section of the Great Wall ofChina, attending a cherry blossom festival in Japan and driving aclassic car in Havana, Cuba.-VNA
