Phu Quoc Named as Vietnam’s Top Tourist Destination

Phu Quoc Island has taken pole position in a list of Vietnam’s top ten domestic tourist destinations, according to the results of the ‘Best Brands of Vietnam 2008-2009’ campaign.

 

The campaign, which is slated from September 2008 to January this year, is to be organized by the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and included a wide range of sectors, from commerce to transport and insurance agencies.

 

This award will lead to the creation of numerous opportunities for the island to attract both tourists and investors, said a representative of Kien Giang Province’s People’s Committee.

 

Phu Quoc is an unspoiled tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand that is just a short flight away from almost all Southeast Asia Cities metropolises. About 70 per cent of the 567 square-kilometer island is blanketed by rain forests and criss-cross rivers and streams.

 

Vietnam plans to develop the island into a tourist island that will attract between two and three million visitors per year by 2020. (VietNamNet)