Hoi An among top 10 tourist destinations

The ancient town of Hoi An has made it to the list of 10 best cities for tourism by UK’s Wanderlust travel magazine.

Hoi An ancient town (Photo:Vnexpress)

Hoi An, in central Vietnam received 96 per cent of the vote from readers and was ranked at 2nd place.

The World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang in Laos has retained its number 1 position in Wanderlust Travel Magazine’s annual list of best tourist destinations with a score of 96.89 per cent.

The other places to make it on the list are Kyoto (Japan), Stockholm (Sweden), Perth (Australia), Tokyo (Japan), San Francisco (USA), Vienna (Austria), Cusco (Peru) and Aleppo (Syria).

Hoi An has previously been selected as one of Asia’s top ten destinations for 2010 by the Hong Kong online tourist magazine Smart Travel Asia.

The ancient town had retained fifth place and Hanoi was noted as seventh on the tourist magazine list. – SGGP

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