A policy to grant a 30-day visa exemption for foreign passport holdersvisiting Phu Quoc Island off the coast of the southern province of KienGiang took effect on March 10.
Visaexemption is also applicable to those foreigners, who are in transit atan international border gate in Vietnam (including by air or by sea) toPhu Quoc island.
The visa policy is expectedto help transform the world-famous tourist Phu Quoc destination into anational and international hi-end holiday heaven.
PhuQuoc is Vietnam’s largest island. The 574 – sq.km heart-shaped island,along with 22 other islands, forms Phu Quoc island district.
PhuQuoc features a monsoon tropical climate. It has two seasons, the dryseason from November to April and the rainy season from May to October.The average temperature there is 28 degrees Celsius, allowing visitorsto enjoy the island’s beauty at any time of the year.
OnFebruary 14, the first international direct flight, run by Russia’sIKAR airlines, with 250 Russian tourists onboard landed at Phu QuocInternational Airport, which is capable of catering for modern aircraftlike the Boeing 777 and Boeing 747-400.
Meanwhile,passengers hailing from Hanoi, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and HoChi Minh City are offered a variety of services provided by VietnamAirlines, VietJet Air and Jetstar Pacific, which operate 25 flightsusing A321, A320 and ATR72 planes in and out of the destination everyday.
The island, dubbed "Paradise PearlIsland", is now included in the eight-day Vietnam voyage itinerary ofthe luxury Europa II cruise, which services more than 750 customers andcrew, mainly German, per tour, Saigontourist has said.
TheHo Chi Minh City-based travel company said the Hapag-Lloyd-operatedship Hanseatic, with around 1,000 passengers onboard, will dock at theisland on April 23.
In the meantime, hotels and resorts on the island are having 3,000 hotel rooms, including 2,000 three-star rooms.
In 2013, Phu Quoc welcomed 94,000 foreign visitors out of its total 416,000 arrivals.
By2020, the year set for Phu Quoc Island to become a specialadministrative-economic zone, the island is expected to gross 771million USD from providing hospitality services to 2-3 million touristsannually, 40 percent of them foreigners.-VNA
Visaexemption is also applicable to those foreigners, who are in transit atan international border gate in Vietnam (including by air or by sea) toPhu Quoc island.
The visa policy is expectedto help transform the world-famous tourist Phu Quoc destination into anational and international hi-end holiday heaven.
PhuQuoc is Vietnam’s largest island. The 574 – sq.km heart-shaped island,along with 22 other islands, forms Phu Quoc island district.
PhuQuoc features a monsoon tropical climate. It has two seasons, the dryseason from November to April and the rainy season from May to October.The average temperature there is 28 degrees Celsius, allowing visitorsto enjoy the island’s beauty at any time of the year.
OnFebruary 14, the first international direct flight, run by Russia’sIKAR airlines, with 250 Russian tourists onboard landed at Phu QuocInternational Airport, which is capable of catering for modern aircraftlike the Boeing 777 and Boeing 747-400.
Meanwhile,passengers hailing from Hanoi, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and HoChi Minh City are offered a variety of services provided by VietnamAirlines, VietJet Air and Jetstar Pacific, which operate 25 flightsusing A321, A320 and ATR72 planes in and out of the destination everyday.
The island, dubbed "Paradise PearlIsland", is now included in the eight-day Vietnam voyage itinerary ofthe luxury Europa II cruise, which services more than 750 customers andcrew, mainly German, per tour, Saigontourist has said.
TheHo Chi Minh City-based travel company said the Hapag-Lloyd-operatedship Hanseatic, with around 1,000 passengers onboard, will dock at theisland on April 23.
In the meantime, hotels and resorts on the island are having 3,000 hotel rooms, including 2,000 three-star rooms.
In 2013, Phu Quoc welcomed 94,000 foreign visitors out of its total 416,000 arrivals.
By2020, the year set for Phu Quoc Island to become a specialadministrative-economic zone, the island is expected to gross 771million USD from providing hospitality services to 2-3 million touristsannually, 40 percent of them foreigners.-VNA
