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Here we determine which pages are featured as the Destination of the Month (DOTM) on the Main Page. These rules also apply to the monthly Off the Beaten Path (OTBP) destinations.

Contents

Nominate

You can nominate an article you would like to see featured; just say a few words about why, and select a good time to go. Well-known and/or popular destinations should be nominated as Destination of the Month, while more obscure destinations should be nominated for Off the Beaten Path.

The basic format of a nomination is as follows: 

===[[Destination]]===
Great article and it's just luvvly-jubbly in the springtime. ~~~~

However, before nominating, please check that the article follows these basic guidelines:

  • The nominated article should have an article status of guide or star. This includes having at least one good picture, and listings/headers/etc. that match our manual of style.
  • The nominated article should not cover too large a subject (e.g. "India" or even "Indiana").
  • The nominated article should be featured at a good time to visit.
  • The nominated article must not have been featured previously.
  • If the article has been nominated previously but failed, any objections should be addressed before nominating it again.

Select

You can also comment on any previous nomination based on timeliness and adherence to the criteria above, just add a bullet point (*) and your signed opinion.

===[[Destination]]===
Great article and it's just luvvly-jubbly in the springtime. TravelNut 25:25, 31 Feb 2525 (EDT)
* Looks nice, but shouldn't the Do section contain more than just quilting contests? ~~~~

If an article gets several comments in favor and none against for a week or so, it's eligible to be placed in an appropriate time-slot in the queue.

Discussions for previously selected destinations are in the Archive. Discussions for nominations that didn't make the grade are in the Slush pile.

Schedule

The following queue should contain about six months' worth of upcoming destinations. Note that new DotMs are rotated in on the 1st of each month, while OtBPs are changed on the 15th.

MonthDOTM OTBP
October 06Yogyakarta Hinchinbrook Island
November 06Singapore Iya Valley?
December 06 La Paz? Pitcairn Islands?
January 07 Taipei? Panmunjeom?
February 07 Pattaya or Kruger National Park? Hoi An?
March 07 Berlin? Route 66?

These are not cast in stone, and the order can be changed if, for example, an excellent guide for a timely event is found. Whenever a guide becomes a current feature, it should be removed from the list, the discussion archived, and a new month added to the end of the queue. Alternatives are OK; the whole point is to enable some discussion as needed.

Nominations for Destination of the Month

Yosemite National Park

One of America's most famous national parks. Good any time of year, but would be best from April/May through September when the park is most accessible.

  • Nominated by Ryan 03:53, 1 Aug 2005 (EDT)
  • Support. It would be nice to upgrade the first image (of Yosemite falls) -- it was originally contributed in the era before MediaWiki had auto-thumbnail support. Either a Ryan image or one of the Daniel Mayer's dual-licensed images would be good. Ryan selected one of Daniel's images. -- Colin 11:52, 1 Aug 2005 (EDT)
  • It's already in the queue for next month, but: Support. I like the idea of slotting the 4th-most-popular USNP as DOTM next to one of the least-visited USNPs for OTBP. Shows that there are parks for all kinds. - Todd VerBeek 08:36, 1 May 2006 (EDT)
    • Not a bad idea: it might be neat to make of point of high-contrast pairs (ie tropical beach & alpine ski for winter, etc). Majnoona 11:24, 5 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Don't support. No real objection, except that World Cup 2006 starts next month and Hanover should get the nod. This aritcle should be a DoTM, but not for June 2006. I like the current order of DoTMs so I'd suggest renominating this again next year? or is there any slight chance this would be a great place to visit late fall/ early winter? - Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 00:32, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Don't support. World Cup 2006 is the biggest event after the Olympic Games in this world. A lot of travellers will arrive in Germany and it would be good that we recognise that. Jan 04:50, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
    • Your point is valid, but I suggest using some language other than "Don't support" -- unless you see something wrong with the article itself. (Do you? I don't. Please clarify.) I've added commentary to the talk page, under the heading "Gradations of 'Do not support'", to address this. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 09:32, 18 May 2006 (EDT)

Pattaya

Love it or hate it, it's still a major tourist destination and the article is exceedingly informative. Jpatokal 23:05, 26 Dec 2005 (EST)

  • Support. The page looks good and long and looks like a winter tourist place.Kingjeff 23:23, 26 Dec 2005 (EST)
  • Support. I would be a good winter/spring destination, but I'm not quite sure when... Majnoona 11:53, 15 Feb 2006 (EST)
  • Support. I would love to see this article as a destination of the month. This is a great article deserving recognition 70.127.34.98 13:21, 10 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. A long page but a very popular travel destination by any standards. 70.127.34.98 15:48, 1 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Don't support. At least not until it is tamed. I threw it up on the CoTW list for the first week in May 2006. Andrew Haggard 05:36, 30 April 2006 (EDT)
    • So has the CotW work "tamed" it to a point that satisfies you? It'd be nice to get one of the CotWs into DotM status, to show people that CotW is worth the effort, and we still need something for November. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 21:54, 7 May 2006 (EDT)

:Not as happy with it as I could be, but I support. I'm still going to work on the districts. Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 17:44, 17 May 2006 (EDT)

OK, then I've taken the liberty of scheduling it for November. No reason why work to improve it can't continue, of course. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 21:41, 17 May 2006 (EDT)
Should it possibly be scheduled for a later month like December or January as it seems to be a get-away-from-the-cold-destination? - Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 00:33, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
No objections, as long as something satisfactory for November can be found. That's why there's a question mark there ... -- Bill-on-the-Hill 09:45, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Strong Support. A good article, one of the most informative articles I have ever seen. A good Early winter spot Oct-Dec. would be good choices. Felixboy 16:25, 30 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. It might be scheduled for January or February, because it is a popular destination for Asian tourists, especially residents of chilly Northern China, at Chinese New Year China#Holidays Pashley 01:15, 17 June 2006 (EDT)
  • Object. I originally nominated this, but the half-assed districting currently in place needs to be made a fully-assed object of beauty (think Beyonce Knowles) before it can be exposed to adoring crowds. Jpatokal 06:05, 10 July 2006 (EDT)
    • I'm actually going to strike out my previous objection and say that the undistricting was rather successful and article is, still, pretty good contentwise. The formatting is not very MoS though, but if the lists (esp. in Do) can be whipped into something a little more readable I'd be all for it. If I venture down to Pattaya in Oct, which is entirely possible, I might take a stab at it. Jpatokal 08:16, 16 September 2006 (EDT)
  • Oppose. It's just too long. Many of the section need to be editted down to the key points. Also there is too much Wikipedia style linking, especially the first paragraph. I think it needs some more work before we could highlight it as one of our best. -- DanielC 15:22, 18 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Oppose, again. The half-assed districts that I, as a foreigner, created were vfd'd and deleted. The deletion has again made the Pattaya article too long. This is the perfect example of someone combing through the Thai Yellow Pages and listing every single business. -- Sapphire 20:04, 14 September 2006 (EDT)
  • We seem to be at the point of slush-piling this one. Any defenders want to be heard before that's done? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 21:09, 14 September 2006 (EDT)


Flores (Guatemala)

A very good guide article, also includes a couple of maps. -- DanielC 08:42, 3 May 2006 (EDT)

  • I don't think it's quite ready yet. There should be some work to reconcile "Do" and "Get out" -- the latter is content-free at the moment apart from a somewhat garish map, while the former has lots of stuff that seems to be rather remote from the city. Shouldn't be too hard to fix that, though, and it's otherwise a nice article. One thing: is it DotM or OTBP? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 09:44, 3 May 2006 (EDT)
  • The "garishness" of the Get Out map can be fixed easily enough with a less saturated background color; otherwise I kinda like it. Flores does seem a bit OTBP to me, being neither large, famous, nor in a heavily-visited region. And since one of its main attractions is nearby Tikal, I'd like to see that built up (the article, that is, not the site) before featuring Flores.- Todd VerBeek 10:40, 3 May 2006 (EDT)
I've moved most of the "See" items to "Get out", but I tend to agree with Todd that it is probably worth waiting on this article until the Tikal one is improved. I also thought that it may be better as a OTBP destination, but thought that as the base for the main site in Guatamala, it was difficult to say that it wasn't mainstream. -- DanielC 16:03, 4 May 2006 (EDT)


Newcastle (New South Wales)

Looks like a fairly good article. Could be a little more MoSie and a few more sleep listings. Plus, it's summer there in November, December 2006. Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 00:01, 20 May 2006 (EDT)

  • I don't think it's quite there yet. "See" and "Understand" both need significant work, and significant info is missing on some of the entries. Every reason to believe it could be put into DotM shape by (austral) summer, though. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 23:40, 31 May 2006 (EDT)

Copenhagen

Well-constructed article on an important city, with good balance between main article and districts. (Some of the district articles could use some work, but there's time, and the totality of the articles is still excellent.) Plus, this photo just absolutely demands to get put on the Main Page! -- Bill-on-the-Hill 22:23, 29 June 2006 (EDT)

  • The article needs some work. The districts are ok but the main Copenhagen pages lacks big chunks (Sleep, Drink, Cope, Learn). It should be better before a Cotw to get the formatting and content things done.-- Jan 12:13, 4 July 2006 (EDT)

La Paz (Bolivia)

This was slush-piled earlier, but I believe the slush-pile issues have been addressed; the article has expanded quite a bit, although yet more expansion wouldn't hurt. Suggested for some time in early boreal winter. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 10:36, 2 July 2006 (EDT)

  • Support. I like the article. It's more or less complete and Bolivia would be an interesting DotM. Jan 12:15, 4 July 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. Is a good article and we haven't had a Latin American destination for a long time. -- DanielC 13:28, 4 July 2006 (EDT)
    • Provisionally slotted for December, then? There's still time for dissent/alternatives. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 16:38, 4 July 2006 (EDT)

Taipei

I have no idea why this hasn't been nominated before, but now it is. Remarkably thorough, but could perhaps use an additional picture or two. Spring would be the best time to feature this, although winter should also be OK. Summers are hot and the fall is typhoony. Jpatokal 05:53, 10 July 2006 (EDT)

  • Support. It's an good article and maybe interesting for a lot of people because it is more as a business destination rather than for travellers. Jan 05:48, 10 July 2006 (EDT)
    • Support, but actually October to January are the best times to visit Taipei. From February to June there is persistant rain and cloud. Please check BBC climate chart: [1] WindHorse 4 Aug 06
  • Support, but we're getting a bit saturated with Asian DotMs for the (boreal) winter months. How does this compare to the other Asian articles we're considering? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 08:48, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

Berlin

It's an interesting city and would be perfect for spring 2007. It may need some more content for the districts but more or less it's complete. Jan 05:20, 24 July 2006 (EDT)

  • Support, but alot of the info needs to be filtered down to the districts, with links to it from Berlin. Tim 11:39, 14 August 2006 (EDT)
I started a little to bring it into the boroughs but I guess that maybe we creat some sites like Berlin nightlife because it is much more helpful than break too many things in the boroughs. Jc8136 05:30, 15 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. Kingjeff 22:05, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

Belfast

Was nominated a while back, but put in the slush pile with a few objections. I have made the required changes to it and figured it could go back onto the list. We definately shouldn't put this as the dotm outside of the summer... it rains alot in Ireland. The article could do with a few more pictures, but it is more or less ready as it is. For previous objections, see why Belfast got slushed. Tim 11:34, 14 August 2006 (EDT)

  • Support, with reservations; "Eat" and "Sleep" are still pretty thin for a major destination. The rest of the article is in good enough shape, and these two sections at least have some entries that would help a traveler, but improvements would still be appropriate. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 08:48, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

Warsaw

CotW which has been hugely improved. Very good article. Could do with a better map and more info in a few more districts. Not exactly sure when to put it, maybe summer 2007? Tim 15:45, 14 August 2006 (EDT)

  • Districts are a bit thin, the airport is a nightmare for any traveller but might be good for late summer 2007. Jan 05:42, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

Kruger National Park

Good article that will need a bit of MoSing, as some info is in the wrong sections. The Understand needs to be split up into climate/fauna etc. Having said this, the info is there and a CotW would sort it out. Possible candidate for Feb 07? It is also an African article, and we haven't had an African DotM since September 05. Finally, having this as DotM might also draw a few editors down to South African articles so we can get some more info into them! -- Tim 06:55, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

  • Whoa! This still needs quite a bit of work -- sections are unpopulated, key contact info is missing (and may be hard to get), and so on. Also, there needs to be discussion as to whether it's DotM or OTBP. I'm in favor of getting this into usable shape, for all the reasons you cite above, but it first needs to be improved to where it's ready, then scheduled into the appropriate slot (more likely OTBP than DotM, IMHO). -- Bill-on-the-Hill 08:48, 15 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Agree with Bill contentwise, but I do think this (just) qualifies for DOTM: it's probably Africa's best-known and busiest national park (a quick Googling says over 500,000 visitors yearly), although the huge size does compensate to some extent. Jpatokal 08:59, 15 August 2006 (EDT)
    • Okay. It's on the list of things to do! Tim 12:06, 15 August 2006 (EDT)
    • Since it was posed as a CotW with the statement that it was nominated for Feb 07, I've made it so, but I'm not convinced it's going to get there from a quality perspective. We should keep an eye on it once the CotW editing is done, to be sure that it really is good enough. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 21:30, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

Singapore

Wikitravel's best guide has never been DotM'd because Jpatokal withdrew it "for six months" a year back with the mysterious remark that the "reasons why will become apparent in due course". Now he says that he has no objection to it being featured in six months or so. So I suggest we slot it for Feb 2007. — Ravikiran 14:51, 27 August 2006 (EDT)

  • Support. This is long overdue. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 15:33, 27 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, I am surprised that arguably the best article on here hasn't been DotM already! -- Tim 16:46, 27 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, very good article and should be featured sooner than later! Jc8136 17:48, 29 August 2006 (EDT)
    • There seems to be some objections to using Pattaya in November (see discussion above). Could we fast-forward Singapore to November instead? How's November as a month to visit? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 19:42, 14 September 2006 (EDT)
    • Great idea. I was going to raise my original objections to Pattaya again and this is a good solution. -- Sapphire 19:56, 14 September 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, Per Tim. Felixboy 14:27, 3 October 2006 (EDT)

Cambridge (England)

Very good article, with plenty of information, photographs and a good infobox on architecture. Suitable for almost any time of year (except perhaps deep in Winter). -- DanielC 13:19, 28 August 2006 (EDT)

  • Support - Was thinking about nominating this the other day. It is a very good article, but as with all British places, it's gonna have to be a summer DotM I think! Tim 13:28, 29 August 2006 (EDT)

Nominations for Off the Beaten Path

Panmunjeom

One of the strangest tourist destinations on the planet, equally weird no matter when you visit. I'd really really like to get that soldier pic in there though, see Talk:Panmunjeom. Jpatokal 02:32, 28 April 2006 (EDT)

  • Do not support. The idea of having something this seriously weird as an OTBP is appealing, but one should at least be able to sleep there... -- Bill-on-the-Hill 20:28, 29 April 2006 (EDT)
    • Well, some people can sleep at at Camp Bonifas... but Panmunjeom is definitely a destination, as evidenced by the number of tour buses that traipse there daily, and due to the border in the middle it's not possible to lump it into Seoul or Kaesong (the nearest major cities). Jpatokal 23:56, 29 April 2006 (EDT)
      • Sorry, but to me the tour buses mark it as an attraction, not a destination. Is that sufficient for OTBP? I don't think so. We try to be careful elsewhere about drawing that distinction; we should be similarly careful for OTBP. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 18:11, 30 April 2006 (EDT)
        • If you're objecting on this basis, then this should imply that Panmunjeom is not an article and should be VfD'd and rolled into the appropriate destination. What, pray tell, would this destination be? Jpatokal 21:56, 30 April 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. I understand the objection, and I'd definitely apply it to a DOTM candidate, but as long as the place qualifies to be the subject of a guide article (despite the "can you sleep there?" test being a bit nebulous) like this one does, I don't think we should disqualify it from OTBP. By its very nature, OTBP is going to include some places that don't readily accommodate tourism.
  • Support. I think any valid destination article should be eligible for either category of featuring. This is a valid article per the exceptions listed in Wikitravel:What is an article?. And it's delightfully insane. -- Colin 02:43, 30 April 2006 (EDT)

Pitcairn Islands

You won't find an inhabited island farther from the "beaten paths" of the mainland, it has a singularly colorful history, and it'd be an OTBP destination where the weather's actually nice, any time of year. - Todd VerBeek 17:13, 30 April 2006 (EDT)

  • Support. Compare the "you can sleep there" qualification of this one to that for Panmunjeom above -- here we have something that any traveler (with a bit of money, to be sure) can achieve that will allow lodging to be obtained. Well-written article, too. (At the same time, I don't really think a destination has to be that out of the way to qualify for OTBP...) -- Bill-on-the-Hill 17:49, 30 April 2006 (EDT)
    • Of course not. In fact, I hope OTBP doesn't become just a freak show, and continues to feature accommodating destinations like Penticton that are merely not-well-known. (I have a couple articles of that sort planned.) But being in the bleedin' middle of the South Pacific certainly helps. :) - Todd VerBeek 18:07, 30 April 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, with a little hesitation. The article is a bit short, although given the tiny size of the island and its population I'm not sure there's much else to write; and the pictures aren't very good, although this just looks like they've been badly scanned from cheap prints, and some Photoshop tweaking would probably help. Jpatokal 21:46, 4 May 2006 (EDT)
    • I've just received permission from one of the Pitcairn residents to license some of his photos, which I've substituted. The copies I have aren't as high-res as the old photos, but they're much better images, and dress up the article nicely. - Todd VerBeek 14:28, 10 June 2006 (EDT)

Iya Valley

It's not just off the beaten path, it's officially one of Japan's Top 3 off-the-beaten-pathest places! Best times of year to visit are spring (Mar-Apr) and fall (Sep-Nov). Jpatokal 22:40, 30 April 2006 (EDT)

  • Support. This strikes me as just the kind of place that OTBP was created for. Nice article too. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 09:53, 2 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Support -- Colin 16:36, 4 May 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. - Todd VerBeek 18:28, 10 June 2006 (EDT)


Cairns Hinchinbrook Island

I think it's sufficiently off the beaten path, Hypatia's concern notwithstanding. Well-composed article, and proximity to the Great Barrier Reef makes the town well worth featuring even if it's a bit touristy. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 21:53, 8 June 2006 (EDT)

I have to concur with Hypatia here, Cairns is an extremely touristy city and not OtBP by any reasonable measure (should we figure out one?). There's a huge backpacker district by the seafront and half a dozen tax-free shopping malls devoted to the Japanese hordes that descend during holiday season. No objections to scheduling it as a DotM though... and Hinchinbrook Island would be a good OtBP nearby. Jpatokal 22:33, 8 June 2006 (EDT)
I'm more than happy to modify the nomination to make it Hinchinbrook instead; see edit of the header. In general the Hinchinbrook article looks in better, or at least equal, shape, and I defer to you two as regards being more OtBP. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 10:06, 9 June 2006 (EDT)
  • Support for Hinchinbrook. But as an austral winter destination, it'll have to contend with all the boreal summer destinations in scheduling. - Todd VerBeek 11:22, 9 June 2006 (EDT)
    • A possible solution is to schedule it in October (one of its "good" months, according to the article) and delay Iya Valley until November (also still a "good" month for it, according to Jpatokal above). Does that work? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 19:30, 9 June 2006 (EDT)
      • No objections, although I'm not sure a month either way makes a huge difference... Jpatokal 00:50, 11 June 2006 (EDT)

Ashikaga

I lived in Tokyo for four years and didn't even realize this place existed — and after reading the article I'm kicking myself for not going (yet). As usual in Japan, I'd presume Sept-Nov and Mar-May or so are the best times to go. Jpatokal 02:18, 10 June 2006 (EDT)

Berneray

A decade ago, flying home from my last visit to Europe, I looked down and squeezed one last partial exposure out of my last roll of film, of the Outer Hebrides, a remote and quintessentially Scots region I hadn't managed to get to. Berneray is one of the islands visible in that picture, and (I just discovered by chance) the subject of a well-done article with nice photos. The primary author (a resident, no doubt) says it's good any time of year, but I think it'd be most generally appealing in the April-October range. - Todd VerBeek 15:15, 10 June 2006 (EDT)

  • Support. - Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 15:23, 10 June 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. Gorgeous pics, esp. this one. It'd be nice to have other colors than blue and green in the destination pics for once... Jpatokal 00:50, 11 June 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. Really interesting and I would like to go their! Jc8136 02:59, 8 August 2006 (EDT)

Route 66

This was proposed a year or so ago, but wound up in the slush pile owing to lack of pictures. I think this has been adequately addressed -- for example, the Cadillac Ranch photo strikes me as ideal (if weird) OTBP-style front-page material -- and it would be nice to feature a CotW. Suggested for spring 2007. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 09:04, 20 June 2006 (EDT)

  • Definite support. This one will probably always have more that could be added to it, but it's a great article as-is, and one that really is a guide - it tells people where to go, but leaves plenty of room for exploring. If it is going to be featured we can probably do a bit of cleanup for readability prior to featuring, but that's not really a reason to slush-pile it again. -- Ryan 13:08, 20 June 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, but it cries out for a map. Sure, everyone one knows that it goes through Saint Louie, Amarillo, and Barstow, but they probably don't know where all of these places are.
I'll get a map started. - Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 22:29, 27 June 2006 (EDT)
  • What would people say to putting this up in March? The period March 15-April 15 covers spring break for a lot of schools in North America, and featuring it then might be useful to college students on the road and families doing a quick escape. Weather along the eastern part of the itinerary is still marginal at the beginning of this interval, but improves rapidly as one gets into April. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 10:32, 16 September 2006 (EDT)

Guinsa

So far off the beaten track that I'm positive the article I wrote today is far and away the most complete guide in English available online or offline — which is a shame, because this place is stunning. And hey, how many guides do we have with useful snippets of info like "All things are both absolutely unreal and provisionally real at once"? Open all year around, but the area is best known for its fall colors. Jpatokal 08:05, 2 July 2006 (EDT)

  • I have several comments/questions before I'll vote in favor.
  1. If someone wanted tea where would they go?
  2. Is hiking the only thing that people can do? What about attending religious services or equivalent?
  3. What about contacting the outside world? Are there telephones or can someone use the internet there?
  4. Lastly, how did you hear about the place? -- Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 08:23, 2 July 2006 (EDT)
  • Good questions, I'll add in the following: Tea and coffee are available in vending machines throughout the site, as is fresh water. There are religious services, field hoeing, kimchi preparation etc aplenty, but they're all in Korean which kinda limits the accessibility. There were public telephones at the post office (I remember this because we almost used them). And I heard about the place because LP deigns to grant it one paragraph on the last page (!) of the Korea guide, and then got intrigued when I googled it and a) saw this guy's photos and b) that there was practically no info available on it. Jpatokal 08:40, 2 July 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. Jpatokal, I was in a book store today and saw a LP Korea guide book. I went to the last page of the S. Korea section and have to admit you are correct on your article probably being the most informative guide available. -- Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 16:21, 3 July 2006 (EDT)

Hoi An

A good (Northern Hemisphere) Winter destination. Good article & pictures, with good information in all the main sections. -- DanielC 08:10, 4 August 2006 (EDT)

  • The shirt I'm wearing right now is from Hoi An... great destination, good guide. My only comment would be that I recall a lot more bars / restaurants worth mentioning... I'll try and add some details where I can. Maj 11:00, 4 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, but is it an OTBP destination? — Ravikiran 11:46, 4 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support as an OTBP destination because it's really small and until today rarely known Jan 12:51, 7 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support. I agree that this should be under OTBP, it is touristy but it's not exactly world-famous. Jpatokal 12:57, 7 August 2006 (EDT)
  • Support, but with some misgivings. Contact information is sparse for some things that should be comprehensively documented, notably the "Splurge" hotels (which are exactly the ones where you want some advance reservations, if possible). It's also a bit short on "Do". Maybe make it a CotW some time before it appears? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 09:38, 10 August 2006 (EDT)
I put it on the list as CotW and so it should be CotW before end of 2006. Jc8136 10:15, 10 August 2006 (EDT)
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