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Phu Quoc

Vietnam's island bet: the world's longest cable car, a JW Marriott fantasy campus, visa-free entry — and prices that make Thailand's shelf look expensive.

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Phu Quoc at a glance

Key indicators
Top shelf
from $300
JW Marriott Emerald Bay, Regent, InterContinental
Visitors 2025
7M
domestic-led, international share climbing
Visa-free
30 days
for all nationalities — the policy edge
Cable car
8 km
to Hon Thom — the world's longest over water

Who comes to Phu Quoc

Official statistics
21.2M
international arrivals to Vietnam in 2025, an all-time high — Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s visa-free island gateway
China
5.28M (+41%)
South Korea
4.33M
Taiwan
1.23M
United States
849K
Japan
814K
Russia
690K (+197%)

Vietnam by market, 2025

Source: Vietnam National Authority of Tourism / GSO · Verified September 2026

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Curated selections

Designer Icons

JW Marriott Emerald Bay · from $350

Regent & the New Wave

Regent Phu Quoc · from $400

South Island Value

Sunset Town · from $80

What we are watching

Signals

The full Phu Quoc Market Brief is in production. These are the desk notes shaping it.

2026TIO desk

The Thailand undercut

Comparable hardware at half the price — how long the value gap lasts is the question.

2026TIO desk

Direct-flight buildout

Each new international nonstop re-rates the island; watch Korean and Indian schedules.

2026TIO desk

Sun Group's masterplan

One developer shapes the south — supply discipline or oversupply, the desk will track.

Reports on the destination

Destination reports
Issue № 01 · Autumn–Winter 2026/27
Destination
Market Brief
Phu Quoc · Market Intelligence

Destination Market Brief

For the traveller

Where the Phu Quoc market actually stands — demand, pricing, districts decoded, the booking calendar, and the honest frictions. Verified against 2026 data.

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Issue № 02 · 2026–2030
Hotel Development
Brief
Phu Quoc · Investment Intelligence

Hotel Development Brief

For the investor and developer

Supply, pipeline, capital lanes and scenarios to 2030 — who is building what in Phu Quoc, where the returns are, and what kills the unprepared.

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The Phu Quoc dossier

5 issues
Special report

Phu Quoc: Vietnam’s island bet — policy, delivered vs paper

Special report

The Russian lifeline: the post-2022 charter economy

Special report

Sun Group and the south: the resort as a theme park

Special report

Phu Quoc vs Nha Trang and Phan Thiet

Special report

The overcapacity question: the hotel boom, sized

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