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HCM City – best New Year’s Eve holiday destination for Vietnamese

HCM City – best New Year’s Eve holiday destination for Vietnamese: Agoda

Agoda.com, one of the world’s fastest growing digital travel platforms, on December 17 revealed Ho Chi Minh City is the destination-of-choice for Vietnamese travellers to throw a great New Year’s Eve shindig.
HCM City – best New Year’s Eve holiday destination for Vietnamese: Agoda ảnh 1Notre Dame Cathedral, a renowned tourist spot in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: zing.vn)

HCM City (VNA) – Agoda.com, one of the world’s fastest growingdigital travel platforms, on December 17 revealed Ho Chi Minh City is thedestination-of-choice for Vietnamese travellers to throw a great New Year’s Eveshindig.

The southern hub is back as the most–booked destination to ring in the New Yearafter having been replaced by Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of LamDong in 2018, Agoda said.

This year, Da Lat is no longer on the list of top ten destinations in Vietnamalthough it ranked in the top three for the last three years.

Top destinations for Vietnamese travellers to greet the New Year are Phuc Yen(No.2), Bangkok (No.3), Hanoi (No.4), Da Nang (No.5), Singapore, (No.6), PhuQuoc island (No.7), Nha Trang (No.8), China’s Taipei (No.9), and Vung Tau(No.10).

In Asia-Pacific, Tokyo continues to be the most popular destination to ring inthe New Year for global travellers, while Taipei moves up to number two spot,and knocks Bangkok into third place. 

Meanwhile, Paris and Las Vegas are top destinations inEurope and North America for global travellers to celebrate New Year’s Eve./.
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