Foreign tourists on Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam in 2025. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen
Phu Quoc, voted Asia’s most beautiful island by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, acquired 1.2 million guests in February, up 55.4% year-on-year, pushed by upgraded infrastructure and intensified promotional campaigns.
The island additionally welcomed 319,000 international tourists in the course of the month, up 63% year-on-year, in line with An Giang Province’s Department of Tourism.
Phu Quoc has lately turn into a vivid spot of Vietnam’s tourism due to its upgraded infrastructure and elevated promotional campaigns.
According to U.S. journal Travel + Leisure, the enchantment of Phu Quoc lies in its capability to protect an environment that many established tropical locations have steadily misplaced.
“Phu Quoc carries something more established destinations struggle to maintain: the sense of discovery. Phuket and Bali are crowded and well-trodden, but Phu Quoc offers the appeal of an emerging destination when everyone is looking for a new place to escape to,” the journal wrote.
Amid the native journey increase, Phu Quoc authorities lately established a tourism speedy response group to raised shield guests and handle service-related concern.
The Vietnam’s largest island expects to obtain 8.5 million tourists this yr, up 5% from final yr, together with two million foreigners, an 11% improve.