The most spoiled country I've seen so far!
Just returned from a month in Vietnam and I must confess to being disappointed by the clear scale of tourism construction in coast areas all down the east side. Don't get me wrong there are some stunning things to see in VN but there is obviously a massive push by the government to encourage tourism. The amount of 6 lane road building projects all made to service even more hotels and resorts is like nothing I have ever seen. Huge plush looking hotels and apartments with theme parks, amusement parks, its all there. But something is missing, the tourists and the insides of the hotels. Many are just completed shells with abundant lighting to look the part as you pass by, but look closely and it's empty, some don't have windows yet. It all appears as fake. But it continues on an epic scale, more roads more hotels ......... I guess the thinking is "build it, and they will come" It just all looks so out of control to me.
I loved the remoteness in the West & North of VN, but East for me was horrid.
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Regards Tim
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