Phu Quoc Pearl Island is among the most beautiful islands in Asia in 2023

2023 is the second consecutive year that Phu Quoc has been voted by Condé Nast Traveler readers as one of the most beautiful islands in Asia. In 2022, Vietnam's pearl island is ranked 6th on the list.

2023 is the second consecutive year that Phu Quoc has been voted by Condé Nast Traveler readers as one of the most beautiful islands in Asia. In 2022, Vietnam's pearl island is ranked 6th on the list.

Tourists experience the sunset on Bai Truong (Phu Quoc), which is said to be the most beautiful place to watch the sunset in Vietnam. (Photo: Hong Dat/TTXVN)

World-famous travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler has just honored Phu Quoc in the top most beautiful islands in Asia voted by global readers.

Ranked 8th on the list, Phu Quoc is one of the most beautiful islands in Asia with 88.89 votes from readers.

This is the second year in a row that Phu Quoc has been voted by Condé Nast Traveler readers as one of the most beautiful islands in Asia. In 2022, Vietnam's pearl island is ranked 6th on the list.

Besides Phu Quoc, the list of the 10 best islands in Asia 2023 also includes Boracay, Siargao and Palawan (Philippines); Koh Samui and Phuket (Thailand); Langkawi (Malaysia); Sri Lanka; Okinawa and Ryuku Islands (Japan). Indonesia's Bali leads the way with 91.08 points.

Phu Quoc Pearl Island is known as a resort paradise, one of the most attractive destinations in Vietnam.

Phu Quoc's recognition on the world tourism map is increasingly making impressive marks. From a little-known island, Phu Quoc's beauty was quickly recognized by the international community as it continuously surpassed famous destinations to enter a series of lists of the world's top attractive destinations.

In November 2022, surpassing 6 world-famous islands, Phu Quoc was honored by the World Travel Award as "The island with the world's leading natural attractions."

[The number of international visitors to Phu Quoc Pearl Island in 9 months increased nearly 3 times]

Phu Quoc is also the only representative of Vietnam to be included in the list of the 25 best islands in the world by Travel + Leisure magazine.

It is no coincidence that Phu Quoc became a "rising star." It can be said that the wild and poetic natural beauty is the key to creating the first attraction for Phu Quoc.

Phu Quoc's nature is characterized by rolling mountains and hills with 28 large and small islands, 150km of coastline, 14 diverse beaches with many beaches honored as the most beautiful on the planet. This place also has a temperate climate and warm sunshine all year round, making it ideal for travel and relaxation at any time of the year.

Coming to Phu Quoc, visitors can discover many attractive destinations with unique natural beauty such as Rach Vem beach, Dai beach, Phu Quoc national park, Ham Ninh fishing village and many small islands such as Hon Thom, Dam Island, Mong Tay Island, May Rut Island...

In particular, the nature in the south of the island has a unique beauty with creamy white sand, clear blue sea water and Hon Thom island cluster has the largest coral conservation area in Phu Quoc, up to 9,720 hectares.

Hon Thom paradise island. (Source: Vietnam+)

There are many world-famous beautiful beaches here, such as Bai Kem, ranked in the top 50 most beautiful beaches on the planet by Flight Network - Canada's largest travel network; or Bai Sao was voted by readers of Condé Nast Traveler (CN Traveler) as one of the 10 most pristine and quiet beaches in the world besides famous beaches in Fiji, Maldives, Australia.

This island is emerging as a destination for tourist projects with unique values ​​that are rarely found anywhere else in the world.

Those iconic works of Phu Quoc include Hon Thom cable car - the longest 3-wire cable car system in the world, taking tourists from An Thoi town center to Hon Thom island.

Sunset Town has a bold Mediterranean color but is one-of-a-kind in the world, different from the original with smaller windows to reduce sunlight, a slightly raised roof slope to Drains rainwater, has a green garden.

The focal point of Sunset Town is Kiss Bridge - a bridge on the sea as beautiful as a sculpture, with two bridge branches each 400m long like two soft silk strips reaching out to sea.

The two branches of the bridge are about 30cm apart, and that small boundary is the most beautiful spot to "welcome" the sun at sunset around Christmas and New Year.

In addition to its architectural uniqueness, this beautiful bridge also carries the message of love and connection between people and people, people and the universe.

Talking about Sunset Town, the travel page of Australia's leading newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald gave special praise, saying that this town takes tourists back to Italy.

Experience watching coral in Phu Quoc. (Source: Vietnam+)

The factors that make Phu Quoc a particularly popular destination around the world lie not only in the beautiful nature, classy infrastructure with many unique works, and professional entertainment services but also in the experience. luxury resort.

To become a global tourist destination, Phu Quoc's tourism infrastructure has been changing, with synchronized tourism ecosystems, from entertainment and resorts to real estate associated with resort tourism. premium, especially in the south of the island.

In the first 9 months of 2023, Phu Quoc city welcomed more than 4.7 million visitors to visit, travel, and relax, accounting for 64.2% of the total number of tourists coming to Kien Giang, an increase of 15.5% over the same period. period 2022; Of which, international visitors were 470,538, an increase of 275.9% (nearly 3 times).

Phu Quoc's total tourism revenue reached over 12,225 billion VND, accounting for more than 84% of the province's total tourism-service revenue, an increase of 117.7%./.

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(Vietnam+)

Source : Vietnamplus.vn

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