On August 9, the Department of Tourism of Kien Giang province coordinated with the People's Committee of Phu Quoc city and Visit Indochina Company to welcome a Malaysian tour group to Phu Quoc to survey the tourism market to bring international visitors to this locality in the near future.

Ari Asias flight AK545 brought 157 members of the Malaysian tour group to Phu Quoc airport, all of whom are the largest travel businesses in Malaysia.

Notably, the delegation also included Mr. Mita, Chairman of Golden Destination Group and members of travel agencies exploiting cruise tourism, MICE tourism, group tourists and many other new markets to visit and survey the pearl island.

Malaysia is one of the largest markets for visitors to Vietnam in the first 6 months of 2024 (ranked 5th out of 10 international visitor markets to Vietnam), reaching 354,000 visitors, up 9.3% over the same period. Air Asia has operated direct flights weekly from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Phu Quoc since international tourism resumed.

This is an opportunity to introduce and promote Phu Quoc tourism to the Malaysian market in the near future. Currently, Phu Quoc city has international flights including: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai (China); Malaysia, Thailand, Korea...

Malaysian tour group landed at Phu Quoc international airport.

Deputy Director of Kien Giang Department of Tourism Nguyen Chi Thanh said that Malaysia is one of the 20 countries with the largest number of visitors to Phu Quoc and is considered a potential market.

In recent years, Phu Quoc has attracted more than 90% of international visitors to Kien Giang province. The locality has increased promotion and advertising of the image of the "pearl island" on social networking sites such as Facebook, Tiktok, Youtube, Instagram, WhatsApp, ... with a large number of users in the world .

Besides, Phu Quoc city also takes advantage of activities such as international conferences, seminars, fairs... to promote Phu Quoc tourism to international friends.

According to Kien Giang Department of Tourism, in July 2024, Phu Quoc is estimated to welcome nearly 636,200 visitors (up 3.3% over the same period), of which international visitors are estimated to welcome nearly 63,200 (up 27.4% over the same period); total revenue from tourism activities reached VND 1,640 billion (up 14.1% over the same period).

In the first 7 months of 2024, Phu Quoc is estimated to welcome nearly 4 million visitors (reaching 59.2% of the yearly plan), of which international visitors are estimated to welcome nearly 562,300 visitors, with total revenue from tourism activities of more than VND 12,844 billion (reaching 75.6% of the yearly plan).