Nguyen Nguyet Van Khanh, deputy marketing head of Vietravel, said 2,000 people have booked to travel to Phu Quoc, or 40 percent of all bookings for her company's tours during Tet, or Lunar New Year.

Part of Phu Quoc Island is seen from above.

Tran Thi Bao Thu, director of marketing and communications at Fiditour, said this year her company's tours to Phu Quoc are nearly fully booked with people preferring to travel to the south where the Covid-19 pandemic is well under control.

Phu Quoc does not require visitors to quarantine but only undergo rapid tests at their place of stay.

Nguyen Duc Viet, CEO of Hanoi tour operator WE Travel, said customers traveling to Phu Quoc account for 60 percent of all Tet bookings.

Nguyen Vu Khac Huy, vice chairman of the Kien Giang Province Tourism Association, said four- and five-star hotels in Phu Quoc are fully booked and only two- and three-star hotels and homestay accommodation have vacancies.

The island, Vietnam's largest, has around 25,000 rooms, including over 10,000 five-star rooms.

Airlines have increased the number of flights from Hanoi and HCMC to Phu Quoc, and between January 19 and February 16 there are 27 daily flights each from the two cities.

All residents and tourism staff on the island are fully vaccinated.

Phu Quoc selects safe destinations to welcome tourists

Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with Kien Giang Province to prepare the necessary conditions for a pilot programme to welcome international tourists to Phu Quoc from the end of November 2021.

Phu Quoc expected to serve 3,000-5,000 international tourists each month

Phu Quoc resort island off Kien Giang province is expected to welcome from 3,000 to 5,000 international tourists per month via charter flights between November 20, 2021 and March 20, 2022.

Phu Quoc to pilot welcoming international tourists from November 20

Phu Quoc island city will be the first locality in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to pilot welcoming international tourists from November 20.

Video clip launched on YouTube to promote Phu Quoc’s tourism

A video clip titled “Viet Nam: Di de yeu! Roam Phu Quoc” was officially launched on YouTube on September 22, aiming to give viewers a taste of the “Pearl Island” - Phu Quoc.

New Covid cluster in Phu Quoc under control: official

Phu Quoc will continue with its plan to open tourism for vaccinated foreign tourists as authorities have identified the source of transmission of a new Covid cluster.

Source: VnExpress