Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island welcomed more than 200 foreign tourists to its shores on Saturday, 20 November. These are the first tourists to visit the country in nearly two years due to the Covid-19 border closure.
Tested upon arrival, travellers who are fully vaccinated from South Korea and return negative results can travel to the Island without a 14 day quarantine period.
“The program is among the country’s efforts to revive its tourism industry while reopening and developing the economy step by step under a new normal context,” said Nguyen Trung Khanh, chairman of Vietnam’s Administration of Tourism who welcomed tourists on the charter flight at the airport.
Health Ministry data indicates that 99 percent of Phu Quoc’s adult population, together with all service facility staff have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19.
Vietnam is the third country to open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers in the Southeast Asian region. On November 1, Thailand allowed a limited amount of tourists to visit Phuket. Tourism dependant Bali, the Indonesian island opened to tourists last month, although some restrictions including testing and quarantining are required.
The Malaysian island of Langkawi is trailing a pilot bubble program.
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