Based on six standards, 340 experts have selected the 10 worst cities in the world in 2010 in a selection held by the National Geographic Society’s Center for Sustainable Destinations. Vietnam’s Nha Trang is named on the list.

 

This is bad news and Nha Trang should try to improve its environment to not enter the list next year.

To create the ratings, the center convened an independent panel of 340 experts in fields from historic preservation and sustainable tourism to travel writing and archaeology. The panel was asked to score 99 coastal hot spots around the world, using categories such as “top rated,” “doing well,” “in the balance,” “facing trouble,” and “bottom rated.”

 

The panel based its decisions on six criteria: environmental and ecological quality, social and cultural integrity, conditions of historic buildings and archaeological sites, aesthetic appeal, quality of tourism management, and outlook for the future.

 

The results appear in the November/December 2010 issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine.

 

The ten worst beach destinations in 2010 include: Vietnam’s Nha Trang, Spain’s Alicante, Lebanon’s Coasts, Grand Strand – South Caroline, India’s Goa, Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh Area, Cambodia’s Sihanoukville, United Arab Emirates’s Dubai, North Shore -New Jersey, Gulf Coast – Mississippi, Gulf Coast – Louisiana.

Nha Trang beach - Vietnam

Spain’s Alicante beach

Cambodia’s Sihanoukville beach

United Arab Emirates’s Dubai

Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh Area

Grand Strand – South Caroline - USA

North Shore -New Jersey - USA

Lebanon’s Coasts

India’s Goa

Gulf Coast – Mississippi - UA

 

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