"The Emerald Isle" has long remained off the tourist trail, devoting itself to fishing, green pepper cultivation and pearl farming. In the south, another developer, Sun Group, has invested in leisure parks and a cable car nearly 8 kilometers long, one of the longest in the world, registered in the Guinness Book of Records. "In all, 40.000 hotel rooms have been built, are planned or under construction," said Ken Atkinson, vice president of the Vietnamese Tourism Advisory Council. 40.000 hotel roomsĬoncreting is spreading elsewhere on the island. The ambitions of the billionaire Ph?m Nh?t Vu?ng's group are great: to make Phu Quoc "a new international destination on the world tourist map". ![]() The powerful Vietnamese conglomerate VinGroup (construction, tourism, automotive, shopping centers, education, etc.) has invested 2,8 billion dollars in the project. On more than 1.000 hectares and kilometers of coastline in the northwest of the island, it opened its doors six months ago, in the midst of a pandemic. “I am so excited to welcome our first visitors,” enthuses Ngo Thi Bich Thuong, employee of the gigantic complex, called Phu Quoc United Center. The group will stay in a 12.000-room resort, be able to ride a gondola, get dizzy on the amusement park rides, hit the ball on an immaculate 18-hole course, feed the giraffes at the zoo safari and play roulette in a casino worthy of Las Vegas. We are all vaccinated," Tae Hyeong Lee told AFP. "This is the first time I have left South Korea since the start of the health crisis (.) I feel safe. ![]() Some 200 South Koreans were the first foreign visitors in 20 months to land on the island, nestled not far from Cambodia in the crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Thailand.
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