Phu Quoc, a rising star in Asian luxury tourism
Vietnam’s largest island, Phu Quoc, was once a rather sleepy, low-key destination.
But in the last couple of years it has become one of Asia’s most talked about destinations, especially for luxury tourism.
At the turn of the 21st century Phu Quoc, blessed with stunning beaches and an attractive year-round climate, was an undeveloped tropical island with little tourism.
But even then many tourism observers believed it had the potential to one day compete with the likes of Indonesia’s Bali and Thailand’s Phuket.
The island would develop rather slowly for the next 10 years and remain associated with simple beachside pleasures such as eating fresh seafood, snorkelling or just flopping on an otherwise empty beach.
Most visitors stayed for just two days before flying back to Ho Ch...
