![]() Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai in Quang Nam province. Photo: Travel and Leisure
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Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai in Quang Nam province is a 15-minute drive Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Guests to the resort can visit the former fishing village’s onsite temple, create authentic Vietnamese dishes in The Nam Hai Cooking Academy, and experience the powerful healing of Zen Master inspired treatments and crystal singing bowls at The Heart of the Earth Spa.
The resort is also a gateway to three extraordinary UNESCO sites: the enchanting lantern-lit enclave of Hoi An, the temple-strewn sanctuary of My Son, and the towering pagodas and vast tomb complexes of The Imperial City of Hue.
The survey is based on the responses of Travel and Leisure readers based on different criteria including rooms/facilities, location, service, food and value. This year’s list is dominated by Asian hotels with 27 places, while Europe has 18.
The Four Seasons Resort Bali in Sayan, Indonesia tops the list, followed by Ballyfin, County Laois, Ireland, Frangipani Beach Resort, Anguilla, Inkaterra La Casona, Cuzco, Peru, Inverlochy Castle Hotel, Torlundy, Scotland, etc.
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in the first half of 2018 surged 27.2% year-on-year to 7.89 million, according to the General Statistics Office.
Arrivals by air, road, and sea in the reviewed period recorded annual increases of 22.2%, 63.7% and 1.7%, respectively. Growth was also seen in the numbers of visitors from all five continents, with Asia (32.7%), Europe (11%), America (13.5%), Oceania (10%) and Africa (22.2%).