Phu Quoc welcomes over 1.5 million visitors in Q1, a rise of 43.4% year on year
Phu Quoc island city of Kien Giang province welcomed more than 1.5 million visitors in the first quarter of 2023, a rise of 43.4% year on year, fulfilling 25.9% of its yearly target, and preparing on the occasion of April 30, May 1, 2023.
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| Phu Quoc welcomes over 1.5 million visitors in Q1, a rise of 43.4% year on year. Tourists are comming to Phu Quoc island. (Photo: VNA) |
In the period, the city earned over 4.5 trillion VND (119.44 million USD) from tourism activities, up 286.5% over the same period last year, equivalent to 39.4% of the yearly plan.
The city attributed the result to effective measures to speed up tourism recovery and development and tourism promotion activities.
Phu Quoc has also attracted many big tourism investors such as Vingroup, Sungroup, CEO, BIM. To date, it is hosting 286 tourism projects worth more than 375 trillion VND (15.95 billion USD), of which 47 has been operational and 78 are underway.
The popular tourist destination is preparing to welcome visitors during the five day holidays on the occasion of the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1). The majority of hotels in the island have been fully booked.
Tran Quoc Khanh, Chairman of the Kien Giang Tourism Association, said that the Association held a farmtrip from March 17-19 for more than 40 travel firms from Hanoi to seek partnership opportunities with local peers.
Phu Quoc is known as the ‘pearl island,' endowed with clear blue water beaches such as Bai Sao and Bai Dai, and plenty of local specialties including seafood, pepper and pearls, among others.
It also has well-known destinations including the busy Duong Dong town, Ham Ninh and Ganh Dau fishing villages, and other attractive tourist points.
Last year, it was selected one of 25 best islands in the world by readers of US magazine Travel Leisure.
The biggest island of Vietnam was also voted by readers of Condé Nast Traveler at the sixth place in the top 10 resort islands in Asia for 2022.
(Source: VNA)
