06 Mar 2023
As members of the 22-strong Anglo-Thai Society Regional Tour Group, my wife and myself are on a 2 Day/1 Night cruise of Halong Bay.
It was our first experience of Halong Bay which is, undoubtedly, a magical place. However, a number of our Group had visited before over a timespan of 20 years and the consensus of opinion was that there is a real danger of over commercialisation spoiling what is something very special.
This was evident in the excursions we did to a nearby Cave and Beach which were both packed with other visitors. Not a good experience and this coupled by quite a lot of debris suggests the Authorities need to keep more control on the number of boats operating in the Bay.