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Halong Bay

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Halong Bay is located in Quáng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The bay has a 120 kilometre long coastline and is approximately 1,553 square kilometres in size with 1969 islets. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, other support floating villages of fishermen, who ply the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks. Another specific feature of Halong Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands, for example, Dau Be island has six enclosed lakes. All these island lakes occupy drowned dolines within fengcong karst.

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Visit7Wonders: a new global tourism platform for the New7Wonders of Nature

Visit7Wonders: a new global tourism platform for the New7Wonders of Nature Visit7Wonders launched in Dubai on 7 May 2013: A new global tourism platform bringing together the New7Wonders of Nature from across the world was announced today at one the leading international travel fairs, the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. The New7Wonders of Nature, elected following a global four-year campaign with hundreds of millions of votes,...

Vietnam celebrated its Wonder of Nature with colourful ceremonies in Hanoi and...

Vietnam celebrated its Wonder of Nature with colourful ceremonies in Hanoi and Halong In front of cheering spectators in My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan thanked the Vietnamese at home and abroad, who had voted for Halong Bay. “I also hope that local authorities and government agencies will increase their efforts to preserve the natural values of the bay in the near...

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Halong Bay benefits from the New7Wonders effect: surge in cruise visitor numbers...

Halong Bay benefits from the New7Wonders effect: surge in cruise visitor numbers at Vietnamese site Vietnam’s Halong Bay, which was officially inaugurated as one of the New7Wonders of Nature at the beginning of May, has seen a considerable rise in the number of international cruise travelers during the first five months of this year. According to the Pattaya Daily News, statistics provided by Quang Ninh Province, the home of Halong...

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Spectacular fireworks display marks inauguration of Halong Bay

Spectacular fireworks display marks inauguration of Halong Bay The second ceremony in the Official Inauguration of Halong Bay as one of the New7Wonders of Nature was accompanied by a spectacular fireworks display that lit up the night sky over Halong City, the capital of Quang Ninh province in Vietnam. The event marked the climax of the annual Halong Carnival and thousands of performers...