A series of events turns Phu Quoc into a year-end festival destination
New Year Countdown 2024 promises to bring to Sunset Town a fiery concert atmosphere and eye-catching fireworks displays on the southern coast of Phu Quoc Island. Not only that, from Christmas, Sunset Town will also transform into a spectacular entertainment paradise with a series of attractive experiences for visitors.
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Countdown 2024: Vietnam - A radiant journey
According to the representative of the organising committee, as the main point of the programme "Countdown 2024: Vietnam - Radiant Journey" organised by Vietnam Television (VTV), Phu Quoc this year is continued to invest in attractive art theatre with a large-scale fireworks display to entertain tourists and islanders.
The chosen destination is Sunset Town where make tourists ecstatic with its romantic Mediterranean architecture and hundreds of check-in points to watch the beautiful sunset.
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| Sunset Town - the main venue of the Countdown 2024 programme (Photo: Sunset Town) |
From the beginning of the Christmas season, Sunset Town also transforms into a spectacular entertainment paradise with a series of unprecedented and attractive service experiences, worthy of its name "destination for festivals and year-end events".
An "unprecedented" exciting Christmas on Pearl Island
Specifically, right before Christmas, the festive atmosphere will be lit up with the launch of a vibrant culinary and entertainment experience destination called VUI-Fest Bazaar - Vui Phet night market. This will be the first creative night market in Vietnam gathering regional cuisine stalls and fresh seafood; fashion stalls, handicrafts and Phu Quoc specialties for tourists to eat, drink and shop.
Every week at VUI-Fest Bazaar there will be a street musical show "Loang Xoang show" - a unique combination of street circus and music created from kitchen utensils and fishermen's working tools.
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| VUI-Fest Bazaar - Vui Phet night market promises to bring exciting and exciting culinary and entertainment experiences to visitors (Photo: Perspective illustration) |
If the Loang Xoang show and VUI-Fest Bazaar bring freshness and excitement to visitors who crave experience, then luxury vacation enthusiasts will turn their eyes to the upcoming "super product" hotel in Sunset Town centre. That is La Festa Phu Quoc, Curio Collection by Hilton - the most luxurious brand of the world-famous Hilton group.
Enjoying the most beautiful location to watch the sunset from Sunset Town, this hotel has romantic Italian design, extremely fashionable and spacious interior and décor.
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| La Festa Phu Quoc Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton is located in the "heart" of Sunset Town (Photo: Sun World) |
Besides, Sunset Town also offers various other accommodation options from lovely mini hotels along the hillsides to high-rise apartments. It also brings together more than 20 restaurants with culinary styles from Asia to Europe, along with vibrant coastal bars and beer bars to fill the experience.
At the end of December, La Festa Phu Quoc and the European-inspired streets in Sunset Town will also be splendidly decorated for visitors to celebrate a unique Christmas. With the theme of Green Christmas, throughout the beautiful "town" on the Southwest coast of Phu Quoc, there will not only be typical colours from gift boxes, snowflakes, and sparkling lights, but also works of art made from recycled materials. In particular, visitors will eagerly wait to admire the giant Christmas Tree expected to be unveiled with a lighting ceremony on this occasion at Sunset Town.
Hunt for "iconic moments" at the Kiss Bridge
After Christmas, "We will watch the fireworks together" in Phu Quoc is the wish of many young people right now. However, there are more than just fireworks on Countdown night. Every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, fireworks are continuously lit, painting a colourful picture on the sky of the pearl island, within the framework of the multimedia technology show Kiss of The Sea.
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| Brilliant fireworks displays will appear in the Kiss of The Sea show (Photo: Sun World) |
Besides, this Christmas, the masterpiece Kiss Bridge will also officially operate, allowing visitors to experience it. After witnessing the feverish proposal and the famous fashion show Fashion Voyage 5, for the first time, tourists, especially couples will have the opportunity to experience romantic and poetic moments on this special bridge.The Kiss Bridge was designed by famous Italian architect Marco Casamonti with the highlight of two independent branches reaching out to the sea, merging together into a unified whole but not touching, leaving a distance of 30 cm.
With top calculations and construction techniques, on 1st January every year, when viewed from the centre of Sunset Town, the sun will set in the middle of the bridge branch before "sinking" gradually into the sea. This promises to be a symbolic moment that will create a boom for Vietnam tourism at the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, and at the same time become the moment most tourists tell each other to check in every New Year.
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| Kissing Bridge will officially welcome visitors and experiences at the end of the year. (Photo: Sun World) |
Phu Quoc tourism is entering the golden season with beautiful weather and new projects and services; the most explosive series of events and festivals of the year. In addition, tourists who love and choose Phu Quoc every year will definitely not be able to miss the familiar experiences from Hon Thom Cable Car, 4-island tour, diving to see coral and enjoying cuisine, to complete the journey to discover the pearl island.
(Source: TITC)
