Vietnam: The Post-Bali Bombing Asia Hot Spot

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 12.13.02 | 4:45 PM ET

Bali’s tourism loss after the October nightclub bombing is apparently Vietnam’s gain. “Being considered a low risk as a target of terrorism has sent touris
m surging,” David Lamb reports in today’s Los Angeles Times. “City and resort hotels that had been chugging along at 60% occupancy before the Bali attack are fully booked well into this month.”