Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City among the world's cheapest backpacking destinations

Travel website Priceoftravel has published a list of the cheapest destinations in the world, with Hanoi ranked second and Ho Chi Minh City ranked fifth.

Recently, the Priceoftravel website published a list of the most expensive and cheapest cities in the world for backpackers in 2014. The cheapest is Pokahara, Nepal, with an average cost of only 14.32 USD per day (about 300,000 VND). Hanoi ranked second on the list with a cost of 15.88 USD per day (over 330,000 VND). Chiang Mai, Thailand ranked third with a total cost of 17.66 USD per day (over 370,000 VND).

Hanoi ranks second in the top cheap travel destinations.

Goa, India ranked fourth with $18.25 (over VND380,000). Ho Chi Minh City ranked fifth with $18.27 (about VND385,000). Kathmandu, Nepal ranked sixth with a daily cost of about $18.46 (nearly VND400,000). Vientiane, Laos ranked seventh. The next three cities in the top 10 cheapest locations were Delhi (India), Luang Prabang (Laos) and Bangkok, Thailand.

Ho Chi Minh City ranks fifth in the top budget travel destinations.

Meanwhile, Priceoftravel also announced the most expensive cities for tourists. Topping the list of cities for the "rich" is Zurich (Switzerland). On average, tourists spend 122.22 USD (more than 2.5 million) per day.

Stockholm, Sweden ranked second with a cost of up to 109.69 USD (more than 2.2 million). The capital of Norway - Oslo ranked third, Interlaken (Switzerland) ranked fourth, Venice (Italy) ranked fifth. Sharing the next 5 positions are New York (USA), London (UK), Caracas (Venezuela), Helsinki (Finland) and Copenhagen (Denmark).

Zurich is the most expensive city in the world for backpackers.

The average daily cost is calculated based on each traveler's total daily expenditure for accommodation at a cheap hostel, three cheap meals, two trips on public transport, admission to one tourist attraction and three cheap beers.

According to VnExpress