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International Press hails Ha Long Bay’s beauty
11:19, 2014/05/12
Foreign newspapers introduce Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh to tourists as a must-go destination.
In fact, Ha Long Bay has been cited as one of the top eight most beautiful landscapes in the world by mymodernmet.com. Previously, US magazine, Business Insider released a list of “100 trips you must take in your lifetime” and Vietnam’s beautiful Ha Long Bay was included in the list.
 
 
The bay has also been cited as a vision of outstanding beauty and one of the world’s top ten Valentine’s Day getaways by US-based National Geographic magazine.
According to mymodernmet.com, the breathtaking bay is filled with a dense cluster of over 1,600 limestone monolithic islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation, which gently rise out of the ocean. Among these islands you can find hidden lagoons, beautiful beaches, countless caves and unique grottoes of all shapes and sizes, places just waiting to be explored.
Rounding out the list of eight most beautiful landscapes in the world are Plitvice Lakes in Croatia, Abraham Lake in Alberta, Canada, Lake Hillier- the Pink Lake in Australia, Lake Baikal in Russia, Wuhua Hai - Five-Flower Lake in China, Caño Cristales - River of Five Colors in Colombia, and Iguazu Falls in Brazil and Argentina.
Mexican daily El Financiero recently ran an article describing Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, as an ideal destination for visitors to enjoy peaceful sailing and admire beautiful karst scenery and emerald waters.
Writer Antonio Benitez Garcia provided a brief overview of the bay and recommended the top places to visit during a trip to the bay, such as Sung Sot, Dau Go and Hon Trong, Hon Mai caves. He affirmed Ha Long is rapidly becoming a favourite destination of tourists to Asia.
The article also highlighted the diverse range of tourist services and packages on offer to the bay, as well as the traditional Vietnamese cuisine and the excellent hospitality found in this region
It praised the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to develop environmentally friendly tourism  expressing its support for policy changes to enable future sustainable tourism in Ha Long Bay.

 
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