The island city earned VND3.2 trillion, over US$135 million, in tourism revenue during the reviewed period.

Furthermore, the province is estimated to have welcomed 1.5 million visitors in the first two months of the year, of which the number of foreign visitors stood at over 140,000, whilst total tourism revenue is anticipated to reach nearly VND3.9 trillion, more than US$164 million.

Bui Quoc Thai, director of the provincial Department of Tourism, emphasised that the province is carrying out procedures in order to hire a consulting unit to launch a project aimed at building Phu Quoc into a national and international eco-tourism centre.

The department also submitted details to the provincial People's Committee for approval regarding the implementation plan of the project on restructuring the tourism industry to meet the requirement for developing the province into a spearhead economic sector in the 2021 to 2025 period.

Furthermore, it also implemented several projects relating to developing agricultural and rural tourism associated with The One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme, promoting community tourism, and developing traditional craft villages linked to tourism in the period of 2021 to 2025, with a vision towards 2030.

Furthermore, the tourism department also proposed the provincial People's Committee organise a Hot Air Balloon Festival in the island city this year, Thai added.

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