Ha Long Bay was ranked 26th by the magazine’s top 100 destinations, recommending tourists spend a night on a junk boat in the bay.
Other Asian countries to make the list include, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Thailand, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
Covering a total area of 1,533 square metres on Vietnam’s north-east coast, Ha Long is recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Site.
It was voted one of the Seven New Natural Wonders of the World in 2011.
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.
