The Han River in Da Nang city (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) - Data releasedby Airbnb recently puts two major cities of Vietnam – Hanoi and Da Nang – amongthe world’s top 10 intriguing travel destinations in 2018.
The online marketplace and hospitalityservice Airbnb announced a list of the world’s top 10 destinations for theyear, in which Da Nang ranked fifth in booking surges of up to 255 percent,while Hanoi was ninth on the list, with a 212 percent year-on-year increaseover the same period this year.
In the annual Top City Destinations Rankingreport issued early last month at the World Travel Market event in London, Hanoiranked 52nd among the world’s 100 leading cities in terms of internationaltourist arrivals. In 2017, it welcomed 4.3 million foreign travelers, up 7.5 percentover 2016.
Da Nang, which hosted the APEC EconomicLeaders Week last November, attracted nearly 2.3 million international touristsin 2017, up 37 percent compared to a year ago, according to the City’s TourismDepartment. - VNA
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