The Golden Bridge in the central city of Da Nang is on a list of new wonders of the world compiled by UK newspaper Daily Mail. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam
has won a number of prestigious awards in the tourism sector this year.
Several cities in
Vietnam were honoured in various categories at the 2022 World Travel Awards for
the Asia region which was held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hanoi was “Asia’s
leading city break destination” while Da Nang was “Asia leading festival &
event destination”.
Ho Chi Minh City won
the “Asia leading business travel destination” award.
Moc Chau town in the
northern province of Son La was “Asia’s leading nature destination”.
With chilly weather
and breathtaking scenery, Moc Chau has become a popular destination
for tourists around the year.
Moc Chau boasts hills,
valleys, dairy farms, buckwheat flower fields and tea gardens that attract visitors.
Households have turned their traditional houses into homestays and cook local
dishes for tourists who can stay in stilt houses, pick fruit, plant vegetables
and enjoy the traditional Xoe dance of Thai ethnic people and ancient folk
songs. The people in the town maintain and develop traditional weaving with
attractive products such as scarves, brocade shirts, bags, curtains and
handkerchiefs.
Moc Chau town in the northern province of Son La was honoured as “Asia’s leading nature destination”. (Photo:VNA)
Hoi An beat rivals
including Beijing, Seoul, Kyoto and New Delhi to win the award for “Asia’s
leading cultural city destination”. This is the third time Hoi An has received
the award with the first time in 2019 and the second in 2021.
In July, Hoi An was
the only city in Vietnam to make the list of the world’s 25 best cities in
2022, according to the US’s Travel Leisure magazine’s ranking. The score was
based on readers’ and tourists’ experiences at top tourist destinations
throughout the world.
The World Travel
Awards were launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in the travel and
tourism industry. Heralded as the “travel industry’s equivalent of the Oscars”
by the Wall Street Journal, the awards are based on votes from the public and
travel professionals across the globe.
Last year, Vietnam won
the title of Asia’s Leading Destination at the World Travel Awards, and was
honoured as Asia’s Leading Sustainable Tourism Destination, and
the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism as Asia’s Leading Tourist
Board 2021./.
