Hoi An ancient city's Hoai River and its channels feature in the list ofthe 10 most-famous canals in the world, as announced by the US-basedtravel website www.touropia.com.
The city's Centre for Culture and Sports confirmed that it was informed about the website's list on September 16.
HoiAn, the UNESCO-recognised world heritage river, ranks fourth in thelist. The other canals are the Stockholm Canals; canals in Alappuzha,India; Bangkok Klongs; Nan Madol in the Federated States of Micronesia;Suzhou Canals, China; Panama Canal; canals of Bruges; canals ofAmsterdam; and the canals in Venice.
Last year, the ancient citywas chosen for the 2013 Townscape Award by the UN-Habitat RegionalOffice in Asia, and was listed among the top 10 Asian cities in USmagazine Conde Nast's Traveler's Readers Choice Awards in 2012.
Covering an area of 60sq.km, the city has developed 22.5sq.km with agriculture and forests and 11sq.km with lakes and channels.
TheHoai River is the favourite rendezvous of local and foreign tourists,with lanterns being released on full moon nights every month.
Asurvey showed that 27 percent of the international tourists visited thecity to learn about the culture and history of Hoi An, the My SonSanctuary and the biosphere reserve of the Cham Islands.-VNA
The city's Centre for Culture and Sports confirmed that it was informed about the website's list on September 16.
HoiAn, the UNESCO-recognised world heritage river, ranks fourth in thelist. The other canals are the Stockholm Canals; canals in Alappuzha,India; Bangkok Klongs; Nan Madol in the Federated States of Micronesia;Suzhou Canals, China; Panama Canal; canals of Bruges; canals ofAmsterdam; and the canals in Venice.
Last year, the ancient citywas chosen for the 2013 Townscape Award by the UN-Habitat RegionalOffice in Asia, and was listed among the top 10 Asian cities in USmagazine Conde Nast's Traveler's Readers Choice Awards in 2012.
Covering an area of 60sq.km, the city has developed 22.5sq.km with agriculture and forests and 11sq.km with lakes and channels.
TheHoai River is the favourite rendezvous of local and foreign tourists,with lanterns being released on full moon nights every month.
Asurvey showed that 27 percent of the international tourists visited thecity to learn about the culture and history of Hoi An, the My SonSanctuary and the biosphere reserve of the Cham Islands.-VNA
