Phu Quoc’s sweeping beaches and lush forests have made it a tourism hotspot and the country's largest island has seen a resultant hotel boom as well.

Salinda Resort won Vietnam’s Leading Boutique Resort and Asia’s Leading Beach Boutique Resort awards at the WTA 2019.

The resort provides an intimate and luxurious experience to its guests with its architecture and landscape complementing the natural setting of the island with tropical gardens and a coconut grove. Each of its deluxe rooms, suites and villas showcases the beauty of Vietnam through wall art that highlights cultural treasures like traditional royal pottery or pearl shells.

While the resort is wrapped in a green silken shawl with over 100 tree varieties and flowering plants, it also aims to promote environmental stewardship in daily operations, substituting plastic with naturally recyclable materials, from wooden bathroom amenities to bamboo straws – all part of the Purple by Salinda Sustainability Initiative.

Since May 2019, Salinda has been an official collaborator with WWF-Vietnam for Plastic Reduction Management on Phu Quoc Island.

Salinda’s swimming pool substitutes traditional industrial chlorine with an ionized one extracted from natural salts.

With a royal blue colour matching the ocean beyond, its calm surface refecting a cascade of palm leaves, the stars, the moon and the sun, Salinda has elevated its pool to an art installation. It runs on a special salt-filtration technology, substituting traditional industrial chlorine with an ionized one extracted from natural salts.

The resort’s "Sparkling Breakfast" has live piano music that can be enjoyed with glass of bubbly or a cup of freshly brewed Vietnamese coffee for a new "good morning" experience enhanced by the gentle ocean breeze and a delightful presentation of fresh island fare.

In the evenings, it offers a range of cuisine options under the direction of specialty head chefs, from authentic Vietnamese and traditional Indian to contemporary Italian, each served in a setting with a distinctive venue concept.

Later in the night, guests can embark on a musical journey in the High Note Bar Lounge with live music and a large selection of music-inspired cocktails.

Centuries-old village turns to smart tourism

As part of a new initiative, smart tourism will be applied at the centuries-old Bat Trang commune in Gai Lam district on the outskirts of Hanoi. Now, old kilns, ancient houses and pottery workshops will be ready to receive a new wave of tourists.

Ca Mau’s culture, tourism week slated for December

Ca Mau province will organise a culture and tourism week this December in an effort to attract more tourists to the southernmost land of Vietnam.

Tay Yen Tu Culture – Tourism Week 2020 scheduled on lunar January 5 – 19

(BGO) – The People’s Committee in Bac Giang province has issued the Plan to organize Tay Yen Tu Culture – Tourism Week 2020 (Culture – Tourism Week) themed “Bac Giang – the sacred land Tay Yen Tu” as a provincial level.

Bac Giang event to foster tourism, business activities

A culture, tourism and trade week opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on October 5, attracting the participation of more than 500 businesses.

HCM City taps potential for medical tourism

International visitors who came to Ho Chi Minh City for health care make up 40 percent of the total number of foreign tourists to Vietnam for this purpose.

Source: VnExpress