Hoi An named best-value long-haul destination for 2025

British holidaymakers seeking winter sun will find their pounds stretching further in much of Asia this season, with the central Vietnamese city of Hoi An named the best-value longhaul destination for 2025, according to a Post Office Travel Money report published this week. A basket of 10 typical tourist items in Hoi An averaged 58.81, placing it ahead of Cape Town and Bali in a survey of 30 longhaul destinations analyzed for the report.

The Post Office said the combination of a modest fall in local prices and a weaker Vietnamese dong drove costs in Hoi An down by about 10.9 percent year on year. That basket included staples such as suncream, bottled water, insect repellent, a cup of coffee and a three-course evening meal for two with a bottle of house wine. Overall the report found two out of three popular longhaul destinations are cheaper than a year ago and that destinations in Asia occupy seven of the top 10 cheapest spots.

South Africa’s Cape Town was ranked second cheapest at 64.28, with Bali third at 67.79. Bali’s local prices rose by about 10.8 percent since last autumn, but an 11.3 percent fall in the Indonesian rupiah against sterling left costs for UK visitors...