The northern province of Ninh Binh has been selected by Forbes magazine as one of the top 23 best places to travel around the world in 2023.

Other Asian destinations on the list include Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Hong Kong (China), and Rajasthan in India.

Ninh Binh welcomed 3.2 million tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 4.8-fold year-on-year. Revenue was estimated at nearly VND2.5 trillion ($106 million), up 5.5-fold.

The province was chosen in February as one of the world’s most welcoming regions, a category in the annual Traveller Review Awards 2023 announced by Booking.com, a hotel booking app covering 228 countries and territories.