Dao Loan
Since Phu Quoc International Airport was put into operation, Russia-based Pegas Touristik and its local partner Anh Duong Co. have many times studied tourism of Phu Quoc Island to take Russian tourists there.
“We need a maximum of 500 rooms per day but a lack of hotel rooms makes the plan uneasy to be executed,” said Hoang Thi Phong Thu, chairwoman of Anh Duong Co.
The firm has received supports from the island’s government and the airport’s management board in seeking hotels and plans to operate two to four chartered flights to the island each month at first.
“We hope to operate chartered flights this December or next January,” she said.
Le Minh Hoang, director of Kien Giang Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, admitted that the island did not have enough decent hotel rooms.
Phu Quoc currently has around 2,900 rooms, 2,400 of which are qualified enough for tourists. From now until 2015, small and medium projects will only supply 500-700 new rooms, which will still be insufficient, according to Hoang.
Pegas Touristik and Anh Duong are currently the two companies taking the highest number of Russian tourists to Vietnam. From October 20 to next April, there will be 72 chartered flights taking tourists from Russia to Cam Ranh Airport in Nha Trang City each month so that tourists can visit Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan provinces.
A representative of Pegas Touristik said last month that the firm planned to take around one million Russian tourists to Vietnam in the next five years.
Đăng ký: VietNam News