Hoi An listed among top world's best cities in 2020 by Travel & Leisure
PSNews - Hoi An claimed the third position among top world's best cities in 2020 of Travel & Leisure with a score of 90.52 out of the total 100, which was attributable to friendly local people, culture, heritage and food.
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| Hoi An was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. Photo: Travel & Leisure. |
As US travel Magazine Travel & Leisure announced, this year’s World’s Best Awards survey closed on March 2, just before widespread stay-at-home orders were implemented as a result of COVID-19. The results reflect their readers’ experiences before the pandemic, but they hope that this year’s honorees will inspire travelers' trips to come — whenever they may be.
Accordingly, Hoi An ranked the first place in the list of 15 best cities for travel in the world and the third place in the list of 25 world's best cities, after two cities in Mexico: San Miguel De Allende and Oaxaca.
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| The ancient city has rich and fascinating history. Photo: Michal Jastrzebski / shutterstock.com |
Other cities also included alongside Hoi An in the magazine’s 2020 list are: Chiang Mai, Thailand; Florence, Italy; Kyoto, Japan; Udaipur, India; Luang Prabang, Laos; Ubud, Indonesia; and Istanbul, Turkey.
Travel & Leisure stated that, on the surface, the world’s top 25 cities don’t seem to have much in common. But all of these municipalities have rich and fascinating histories, whether they go back thousands of years or just a few hundred.
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| The central market of local people in Hoi An. Boris-B / shutterstock.com. |
Hoi An is a well-known travel destination in Vietnam. The ancient city was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.
Recently, the city was ranked among the 10 stunning holidays ideas for 2019 by Elle, the worldwide lifestyle magazine of French origin. Earlier, Hoi An has been named among the world’s 50 best places to travel in 2019, according to a list released by Travel & Leisure.
It was also put at the 11th place among the 19 cheapest holiday destinations in the world in 2019 in the annual Holiday Money report compiled by Post Office Travel Money.
Other cities also included alongside Hoi An in the magazine’s 2020 list are: Chiang Mai, Thailand; Florence, Italy; Kyoto, Japan; Udaipur, India; Luang Prabang, Laos; Ubud, Indonesia; and Istanbul, Turkey.
