UNESCO announced the addition of a Vietnamese location to its list of world natural heritage sites at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 16. The Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago is Vietnam’s first inter-provincial UNESCO-listed world heritage site.
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern province of Quang Ninh province and neighbouring Hai Phong city has been officially recognised as a world natural heritage sites.
Authorities at the UNESCO-recognised heritage Ha Long Bay have been conducting solutions to preserve the natural wonder of thousands limestone islands and islets, forming the spectacular seascape of the property.
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern province of Quang Ninh province and neighbouring Hai Phong city has been officially recognised as a world natural heritage.
Within the framework of the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, on September 17, young global parliamentarians visited Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province.
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern province of Quang Ninh province and neighbouring Hai Phong city has been officially recognised as a world natural heritage.
Quang Ninh welcomed 12.06 million tourist arrivals in the first eight months of 2023, rising 1.47-fold from a year earlier, said the People’s Committee of the northern province.
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Authorities are quickly taking measures to minimise direct impacts on and maintain the stability of Hon Trong Mai (Kissing Rocks) in line with Vietnam’s regulations and the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, said the Ha Long Bay Management Board.
Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, Hoi An, and Phong Nha-Ke Bang have been named among the 16 most favourite UNESCO world heritage wonders in Southeast Asia by leading UK-based travel magazine Wanderlust.
In addition to developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector able to contribute 15% to gross regional domestic product (GRDP) by 2030, the northern province of Quang Ninh - home of the world heritage site of Ha Long Bay - is also striving to turn itself into a national tourism hub.
Recently, “Love in the bay by Ambassador Cruise”, a program with the combination of tourism and music, was held for 10 consecutive nights on Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province. The unique tourism model had attracted up to 5,000 visitors.
The northern province of Quang Ninh has welcomed 28 Indian visitors according to the tradition of Islamism, proving its professionalism in organising Halal tourism activities.
Ha Long Bay is likened to a great work of visual art of nature with thousands of rocky islands of all shapes and sizes, numerous magnificent caves gathering into a world that is both vivid and mysterious. Many international travel websites regularly put Ha Long Bay on the list of the world's most beautiful places.
The northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh aims to make its tourism a spearhead and sustainable economic sector by 2030, attracting at least 25.5-26 million visitors, including about 9 million foreigners.
The four newly opened zones for tourism activities, managed by the Ha Long Bay Management Board, comprise Luon Cave, Cua Van, Dong Tien Lake - Trinh Nu Cave, and Cong Do.
Waterway vehicles will not be allowed to anchor in the buffer zone along the shores of Ha Long Bay – a UNESCO-recognised world heritage site in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, from August 1.
Vietnamese destinations have continually been honoured by the foreign media recently, helping popularise the country as a beautiful, hospitable, and attractive destination for international visitors, said the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).
India is seen as a market of potential for Vietnam’s tourism sector, and the country plans to strengthen promotional activities to attract more holidaymakers from the South Asian market.
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