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US travel site urges tourists to explore Vietnam

With Vietnam looking to develop tourism into a key driver of economic growth, a US travel site is urging travellers to check out the best of the country before it is too late.
US travel site urges tourists to explore Vietnam ảnh 1Foreign visitors at the Hue Imperial Citadel (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - With Vietnamlooking to develop tourism into a key driver of economic growth, a US travelsite is urging travellers to check out the best of the country before it is toolate.


A piece by Canadian writer Lewis Kellypublished on New York-based travel site Thrillist.com names Vietnam as one ofthe destinations to visit “before it’s too popular” and provides a list ofmust-see sites in the country.

It is potentially the perfect bucket listfor first-timers to Vietnam, and includes the world famous Ha Long Bay, Hoi An,royal tombs and temples in Hue, Ho Chi Minh City’s Notre Dame Cathedral and Hanoi’sOld Quarter, Sa Pa in the northern highlands, and the Ban Gioc Waterfall on theChinese border.

The country’s tourism industry earned 400trillion VND (17.6 billion USD) in 2016.

With visa waiver policies for several largemarkets in Asia and Europe, the industry hopes to welcome 17-20 million foreignvisitors and make 35 billion USD per year by 2020, contributing 10 percent tothe country’s GDP compared to the current 7.5 percent.-VNA
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