Floating village near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
Cat Ba Island is the largest of hundreds of islands make up Halong Bay is located in the north of Vietnam, and only where there is actually a large settlement.
On the island population of about 13.000 inhabitants and has a little more than 4.000 lives in a floating fishing villages with its coast. Most people can be found in the town of Cat Ba, which is located on the southern tip of the island and is a shopping center for all local residents. The city began to grow rapidly since the late nineties of the last century and quickly became a tourist attraction not only of the island, but all of Halong Bay. The flow of tourists has changed a lot in this region. Fishing communities were to depart from its traditional handicrafts in the direction of the service of tourists, both from Vietnam and other countries. Former fishermen boat ride visitors, conduct tours and provide housing. Islands in the Gulf, as already mentioned, a few hundred, so often people have come here to linger weeks or even months. It is in recent years, people on the island to really know what the economy and, for example, how the bank. Previously, it just did not need them.
At the end of the last century, life on the island was not too easy. People are surrounded by magnificent nature, but it was not possible to earn enough money to rebuild their lives. They are due to this, many fishermen have raised anchor and sailed away. The most booming outcome occurred in the 1970s and 80s. But then, when the island by tourists got a lot of money, people began to return. In 1986, almost half of the island of Cat Ba and 90 square kilometers surrounding waters were declared a national park. The island has many lakes, grottoes and beautiful caves ..
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