Vietnam and Beirut nominated for food destination award by Cheap Flights Booker UK

Vietnam and Beirut are among the nominees vying for the title of "destination of the year" in the inaugural readers" awards programme from Food and Travel magazine.

The south-east Asian nation and the Lebanese capital will be competing with more established tourist hotspots such as Paris, New York and Barcelona for the accolade, while Singapore, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Sardinia and San Sebastian have also been nominated.

Alex Mead, editor of Food and Travel, said the magazine always expected this category to be fiercely contested and to attract a high number of votes.

"It"s a testament to the improving accessibility to Vietnam and Beirut reappearing on everyone"s bucket list that they feature along with some of the gourmet traveller"s traditional favourites in America, France, Spain and Italy," he added.

The publication"s reader awards programme was launched to celebrate the release of its 150th issue in October this year.

Winners in all categories - which include restaurant, hotel and airline of the year - will be announced at a ceremony in London on 3 September.


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