Việt Nam is named the World's and Asia's Best Golf Destination 2021 at the eighth annual World Golf Awards held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. — Photo vietnamtourism.gov.vn

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is named the World's and Asia's Best Golf Destination 2021 at the eighth annual World Golf Awards held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

It is the second year that Việt Nam has been honoured with the world title and the fifth consecutive year with the Asian title since 2017.

Despite the impacts of COVID-19, a record amount of votes was collected this year.

The World Golf Awards celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism through the annual awards programme.

It is part of World Travel Awards. Earlier, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism was honoured as Asia's Leading Tourist Board 2021 of the 28th World Travel Awards, after the first time it received the title in 2017.

The WTA also honoured Việt Nam as Asia’s Leading Sustainable Tourism Destination, and Hội An was named Asia’s Leading Cultural City Destination, Hạ Long Bay as Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction, and Cúc Phương National Park as Asia’s Leading National Park.

Notably, Vietnam Airlines won the award Asia’s Leading Airline for Economic Class, while Vietravel was awarded the Asia’s Leading Tour Operator title.

Data of the General Statistics Office showed that Việt Nam welcomed 10,600 foreign visitors in October, a year-on-year decline of 28.8 per cent.

The GSO attributed the nosedive to the continuation of COVID-19 preventive measures, including the closure of borders to international tourism, noting that most of the foreign arrivals were experts and technical workers performing duties at projects in Việt Nam.

The figure hit more than 125,000 in ten months, slipping 96.7 per cent compared to the same period last year. — VNS