Tourists flock to South Phu Quoc Island: Hotels are full, shows are fully booked

ANTD.VN - "Sold out" rooms, fully booked shows, restaurants packed with customers... are the most popular keywords at the moment in "Sunset Town", Phu Quoc. According to statistics, the hotel room occupancy rate here always reaches over 90%.

At 10:40 p.m., the last flight, which was also the 62nd flight of the day, landed on the Pearl Island, in the most beautiful season of the year. Of which, there were more than 30 international flights from Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong... and Europe, America... carrying more than 10,000 visitors to the Pearl Island. If domestic visitors and visitors arriving by sea are included, the island city will certainly welcome no less than 15,000 visitors on peak days. Therefore, it is not surprising that hotel rooms in Phu Quoc, especially the bustling resort and entertainment complex in the South of the island, are always in high demand.

Tourists watch the show Kiss of the Sea at Sunset Town.

The landing of "layers" of tourists

“For more than a month now, our room occupancy rate has been over 90%, and we were even fully booked last month for New Year’s Eve. The business situation at Sunset Town is currently very favorable,” said Ms. Tran Kieu Loan, owner of Casepia Boutique Hotel.

“The rate of guests staying at our facility in December this year and January 2025 reached over 90%, even 100% on some days. This year's guests are three to four times higher than last year, especially foreign guests who account for 70%,” said Mr. Vu Cuong, owner of Times Corner Hotel.

Many mini hotels in Hoang Hon Town reached 100% occupancy during the New Year holiday.

According to a survey of more than 40 accommodation establishments in Bai Kem and Hoang Hon Town, during Christmas and New Year, from high-end segments such as New World Phu Quoc Resort, Premier Residences Phu Quoc Emerald Bay, La Festa Phu Quoc - Curio Collection By Hilton... to 3-4 star hotels or mini hotels, most of them are fully booked. And for several months now, the room booking rate has never dropped below 80%.

“I planned the trip a month ago, choosing Hoang Hon Town because there are many new shows, near Bai Kem but there are not many room options left. My friend even joked that finding a satisfactory room in Hoang Hon Town is like playing the lottery", the interesting comparison of Ms. Minh Ngoc, a tourist from Hanoi, showed that the revenue of more than 21,170 billion VND from tourism on Ngoc Island in 2024 is completely realistic.

Hoang Hon Town in particular and Phu Quoc in general are recording a boom in bookings for the holiday. Although there is still nearly a month left until the Lunar New Year holiday, according to statistics from Agoda, an online booking platform, Phu Quoc is achieving high room occupancy thanks to a large number of international visitors from Korea, Russia and European countries. In addition, according to Booking.com, the "pearl island" is in the top 3 destinations most searched by Vietnamese tourists during the Tet holiday, with a growth of 180% over the same period.

During the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, the 5-star hotel segment in Phu Quoc has reached an average occupancy rate of 85%, while the 4-star segment in the center is almost fully booked on major holidays. In the south of the island, villas and resorts are reaching an occupancy rate of over 70%.

“Fruit Season” in Sunset Town

In an article with thousands of interactions on Instagram, a travel blogger described: “Everything here (Sunset Town) has proven that you will live in a festive atmosphere every second and minute. Only when you are in La Festa Phu Quoc can you clearly feel the hustle and bustle that fills Sunset Town. Just a few steps out the door, you can hear music, a short walk away, there are places to play, all day long there are shows from one to another, and each show is spectacular."

The above compliments have partly outlined the atmosphere of the "extremely joyful" festival season in the current Sunset Town and the "harvest" season of Phu Quoc tourism.

Every day, thousands of tourists come to the Kiss of the Sea - a high-class multimedia show staged by the French combined with brilliant fireworks every night. The festive atmosphere is even more evident at Vui Phet night market, at around 7pm every day, crowds of people flock to the market, filling up the shops.

Crowds of customers at Vui Phet night market at the end of the year.

Sun Bavaria GastroPub, the first craft beer restaurant by the sea in Phu Quoc with a unique dinner show, is always full of guests every night. Visitors come here to experience premium craft beer, watch the performance of the world's Jetski and Flyboard champions and runners-up, as well as the spectacular fireworks display on the sea.

“To have a table with a beautiful view of the fireworks at Sun Bavaria GastroPub on New Year’s Eve, I made a reservation more than a month in advance.” Ms. Mai Hoa’s experience in “hunting” for a place to watch the fireworks from Ho Chi Minh City will be useful for many tourists. Because during peak periods, it is easy to see nearly 50 F&B businesses in the town always packed with customers.

Let’s not talk about long-term goals such as becoming a high-quality tourism and resort service center or a global destination of the Pearl Island. With all the above investments and positive signals, Phu Quoc and Sunset Town can be said to have reached their goal: turning the growth chart of the tourism industry into a vertical shape.

In the near future, a "campaign" to upgrade services and expand scale will also be launched by business owners. "The time of waiting for customers to arrive is over, the number of customers is gradually increasing exponentially. We are deploying a Times Corner 2 facility in the town center, continuing to complete more facilities, build brands, and improve service quality. Accompanying the owners, Sun Group also has many policies to support the completion of business locations. I think that in the near future, the service industry in Hoang Hon Town will flourish," - Mr. Vu Cuong, owner of Times Corner Hotel, optimistically shared about the upcoming plan and the bright future of Hoang Hon Town.

Sun Bavaria GastroPub beer house and Symphony of the sea performance.

Phu Quoc tourism industry has surpassed the target of nearly 6 million visitors in 2024. In the future, with the orientation of 23 million visitors in 2030, the "gold mine" of services will be extremely attractive to investors. In other words, the season of ripe fruit has been and is taking place for the tourism industry of the Pearl Island in general and Sunset Town in particular.

Source: https://www.anninhthudo.vn/du-khach-do-bo-nam-dao-phu-quoc-khach-san-chay-phong-show-dien-kin-cho-post599800.antd