Vietnamese authorities have postponed the opening of the resort island of Phu Quoc for foreign tourists until November, due to a lack of vaccines in the country did not meet vaccination targets.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – September 25, 2021 – Tourism and Travel
Vietnam originally planned to allow vaccinated foreign tourists to visit Phu Quoc Island in October to revitalize the tourism sector and support the economy. However, due to low vaccination rates among the Vietnamese population and the lack of vaccines, the discovery of the island was postponed.
Last week, the island’s authorities said that an additional 250,000 to 300,000 doses were needed to achieve collective immunity.
So far, only 2.9% of residents of Kyeongjiang, the province where Phu Quoc is located, have reported two doses of the vaccine. In total, 7.3% of Vietnam’s 98 million people are fully vaccinated.
Authorities say Phu Quoc will be phased in over six months from November 20. At the same time, up to three charter flights will be operated per week.
According to the plan, during the “test” period the island plans to accept 3000-5000 tourists with mandatory tests for COVID-19.
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Vietnam has dropped from 18 million (2019), when tourism revenue was $ 31 billion, to 3.8 million last year.
Plans to return tourists to Vietnam came as Malaysia opened its island of Langkawi to visitors last week, and Thailand opened the islands of Phuket and Samui to vaccinated foreign tourists.
Quarantine restrictions have been tightened in the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh City since August 23: people have been banned from leaving their homes unnecessarily. Troops were brought into the city to monitor the isolation.
The United States has offered additional assistance to Vietnam to combat COVID-19 in the form of 1 million doses of the vaccine.
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Source: Ukrgate
