Recently, TripAdvisor has just announced the most popular tourist destinations in the world, in which Ha Long Bay and Sa Pa are two names of Vietnam in the prestigious Top 5.

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Recently, standing out in the list of 8 million destinations, surpassing a series of world tourist paradises such as Bogota, Pattaya, Jeju, Viti Levu of Fiji Island,... Ha Long and Sa Pa became two of the most prominent names globally when being in the top 5 most popular destinations in the world "Trending Destinations" of "Travelers' Choice Awards - Best of the Best Destinations". Along with Ha Long and Sa Pa, 3 other names in the Top 5 include Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (Korea) and Palawan Island (Philippines).

The “Travelers' Choice Awards - Best of the Best Destinations” honors destinations that have achieved the highest level of excellence in the travel industry, receiving outstanding reviews from the TripAdvisor community over a 12-month period. Of the 8 million listings, less than 1% achieve this milestone.

According to assessments, the common points of Ha Long Bay and Sa Pa are the unique natural beauty and cultural diversity. Summer is considered the ideal tourist season for these two destinations when Ha Long receives the sea breeze from the heritage bay, while Sa Pa receives the cool climate from the majestic Hoang Lien Son range and Fansipan peak, the highest peak in Indochina. Many unique cultural festival experiences and entertainment are also plus points for Ha Long and Sa Pa to "win the hearts" of millions of tourists worldwide.

Ha Long is not only a heritage bay

According to TripAdvisor, Ha Long Bay is “stunningly beautiful”. Ranked 3rd in the Best of the Best Destinations rankings, the majestic nature is the key to helping Ha Long attract more than 1 million visitors since the beginning of 2024, of which international visitors make up the majority.

The cool air of the ocean waves, the uniqueness of the archipelago of thousands of islands and caves, large and small, soothe the summer heat and bring a fresh, relaxing feeling to every visitor. But Ha Long tourism offers much more than that.

Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh is located amidst majestic natural landscape.

International visitors to Ha Long Bay can combine a luxurious and comfortable stay at Oakwood Ha Long Resort, hot spring baths and spa at Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh, visit Vung Vieng floating fishing village, dive at Tuan Chau Island, experience Ha Long night market and visit Quang Ninh Museum.

In particular, visitors can have fun at the Sun World Ha Long amusement park, where there are countless thrilling games and the Typhoon Water Park with a series of slides for every emotion. Taking the Queen Cable Car across the heritage bay, admiring the panoramic view of Ha Long from above, and exploring the Sun Hill amusement park are also experiences worth trying.

At the top of Ba Deo, besides checking in at the Japanese Garden, Koi Bridge, visitors to Sun World Ha Long in the summer of 2024 can also experience many new products in the Mysterious Castle area such as Fun Fest Game, DIY Zone - a paradise for those who love creativity. The "Sword Forging Village" area has recently added a series of fun activities: archery, Ninja skills, Irezumi tattoo experience, making Watame cotton candy or splitting Katanuki candy...

The Dragon Garden area with funny dragons and colorful flower carpets also creates interesting experiences for visitors.

Sa Pa – The unique beauty of the highlands

Ranked 5th in TripAdvisor's list of the world's most popular destinations, Sa Pa has a unique beauty, a miniature Northwest, with full natural beauty, culture and highland people.

In 2020, when the world tourism industry was in crisis due to Covid-19, the small town of Sa Pa rose to the top of emerging destinations in Asia and the Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist area here received two awards at the World Travel Awards 2020: "World's Leading Cultural Tourist Attraction 2020" and "World's Leading Natural Tourist Attraction 2020".

The feeling of touching the "meeting place of heaven and earth", standing on the ground but right below your feet are white, floating clouds is a special experience only available at the roof of Indochina.

Not only attracting visitors with its majestic scenery, Sa Pa also impresses with its majestic spiritual cultural complex on Fansipan peak, including 12 constructions located at an altitude of over 3,000m above sea level.

No matter what season you visit Sa Pa, you will be immersed in the majestic, poetic beauty and the unique character of the highlands. But perhaps Sa Pa is especially beautiful in the summer with a pleasant climate, warm and clear sunshine and a myriad of flowers blooming throughout the mountains and forests, most notably the rhododendron forest known as the "Queen of Flowers of the Northwest".

Right now, the Fansipan Rose Festival 2024 with the theme "Millions of Roses of Love" is taking place in the largest rose valley in Vietnam, in the Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist area, where more than 300,000 roses are in their most beautiful season. Combining nature exploration tourism with cultural beauty such as love markets, horse racing, Dao wedding performances at Fansipan and many other destinations in the town, Sapa promises to attract millions of tourists from all over the world to visit and experience this summer.

Tung Duong