Son Doong continues receiving international media’s attention

Son Doong cave continues to receive special attention from international media, after making a big impression in the Quang Binh tourism promotion programme in Hollywood and New York Tourism Fair Time Travel Show in the US.

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Son Doong in Vietnam is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume. (Source: Ryan Deboodt)

Quang Binh (VNA) - Son Doong cave continues to receive specialattention from international media, after making a big impression in the QuangBinh tourism promotion programme in Hollywood and New York Tourism Fair TimeTravel Show in the US.

The Quang Binh provincial Tourism Department said leading tourism magazine The Daily Telegraph (the UK) has announced thelist of 11 best tourist destinations discovered recently, including Vietnam’sSon Doong.

Son Doong in Vietnam is thelargest known cave passage in the world by volume. It was found in 1990 andonly fully explored in the last few years.

At its tallest point, the cave can accommodate a 40-storey skyscraper, while atits widest point, there’s enough room for a 747to fly through, Telegraph said.

In addition, three photos of the cave system in Quang Binh province,including a photo of the terraced stone system in Son Doong cave, one onswimming in Ken cave (belonging to the Tu Lan cave system) and a photo on LoongCon cave (belonging to the Phong Nha cave system) by Carsen Peter, are amongthe top eight most beautiful cave pictures in the world selected by the well-knownmagazine National Geographic.

The voting results of theTelegraph and National Geographic magazines have affirmed the wonderful beautyand attraction of cave systems and natural scenery in Vietnam, contributing topromoting Son Doong and the pristine giant cave system, as well as the tourismpotential of Quang Binh and Vietnam in general, to the world.

The Quang Binh Department of Tourism said the local tourism sector andauthorities will carry out a programme to explore a 600m-long underwaterpathway that has never been discovered inside Son Doong cave to find a way toconnect to a nearby cave.

Meanwhile, the Animal Planet and National Geographic TV channels will alsocollaborate with Oxalis Adventure Tours - the only company authorised to leadtours into Son Doong - to implement special tour programmes in the cave andPhong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in 2019.

Son Doong cave is located in the heart of PhongNha - Ke Bang National Park in the central Quang Binh province. It wasdiscovered by a local in 1991. It was first explored in 2009 by the BritishCave Research Association and has been open to the public since 2013.

Geologists say the cave formed two to five million years ago. It is roughly6,5km long, 200m high and 150m wide.

The 2015 Guinness Book of World Records included an introduction to Son DoongCave and an announcement of the cave setting a world record.

Early in June 2016, World Record Association sent official documents announcingthe cave’s world record status to Quang Binh province and VietKings.-VNA

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