Kien Giang welcomes 2.16 million tourists in Q1

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed over 2.16 million arrivals in the first quarter of 2019, up 24.5 percent against the same time last year.

The number of tourists to Kien Giang province is projected to increase by 9.2 percent to 8.3 million visitors in 2019 from 7.6 million in the previous year (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang also hopes to gross over 292 million USD in tourism revenue, a 10 percent increase compared to last year (Photo: VNA)

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Apart from Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province pays attention to developing island tourism in Nam Du, Lai Son and Ba Lua islands (Photo: VNA)

Phu Quoc island (Photo: VNA)

In the first quarter of 2019, Phu Quoc island welcomed 1.32 million arrivals, of whom nearly 232,000 were foreign tourists (Photo: VNA)

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