Phu Quoc changes to better serve tourists, investors
Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang is making it new to welcome tourists and investors as it plans to reopen its door to international tourists from this November.
Kien Giang (VNA) – Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang is making it new to welꩵcome tourists and investors as it plans to reopen its door to international tourists from this November.
To welcome international tourists using the “vaccine passport”, airlines and Phu Quoc airport said they had completed the preparations.
According to Huynh Quang Hung, Chairman of Phu Quoc city People's Committee, the pilot plan to welcome visitors is divided into two phases. Currently, big names like Vingroup and Sun Group which own large resorts and entertainment complexes are aiming to welcome visitors in the first stage.
A representative of Sun Group said that during the social distancing period, the group still maintained and renewed facilities of its resorts and hotels, and developed unique products and services in order to achieve more tourists once Phu Quoc reopens its door.
Sun Tropical Village of Sun Group (Source: Sun Group)
Sun Group is also making love-themed interactive murals on buildings, inspired by classical European art and Vietnamese folk art.
In addition, a current “hot" investment destination like Phu Quoc also takes advantage of the social distancing period to make changes to attract investors.
Director of the provincial Tourism Department Bui Quoc Thai said the reception to tourists from the airport and hotels will be rehearsed from November 1-11 before the island city is officially open.
During the pilot period, the scheme is only applied for those involved in full-package tours organised by travel agents, and not for those with other purposes. Foreign tourists joining in the scheme will make immigration procedures via charter or commercial flights.
The province has chosen seven enterprises in Phu Quoc, 14 four to five-star hotels with 8,000 rooms to serve foreigners. All of their staff have been given two full vaccine shots./.
Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will be the first tourist hotspot in Vietnam to open its doors to foreign visitors with vaccine passports, starting in November. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism held an online working session on October 7 with the local tourism sector on communications work to promote the resort island.
Foreign tourists and Vietnamese people in other countries hope to enter Vietnam for travelling and visiting relatives as soon as possible, according to Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad.
The Ministry of Transport has decided to restart flights on two domestic routes, Ho Chi Minh City-Ca Mau, and Hanoi-Dien Bien, during the pilot period which last until October 20.
Travel firms in Ho Chi Minh City have resumed selling tours as the southern metropolis has allowed tourism services in “green zones” after a period of social distancing due to COVID-19.
The first and only direct service connecting the two countries at the moment is set to operate three times per week using the modern wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
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A corner of Phu Quoc (Source: vneconomy.vn)
Sun Tropical Village of Sun Group (Source: Sun Group)
