Phu Quoc named among top 10 best islands in Asia

Vietnam’s Phu Quoc has been named among the top 10 best islands in Asia for Readers Choice Awards 2022 by U.S. travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler.

Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island off the southern province of Kien Giang, ranked sixth with 89.77 points.

The other nine islands in order are: Boracay (Philippines), Bali (Indonesia), Koh Samui (Thailand), Langkawi (Malaysia), Phuket (Thailand), Sri Lanka, Palawan (Philippines), Okinawa & Ryuku Islands (Japan), and Phi Phi Islands (Thailand).

In July, Phu Quoc was ranked fourth in the list of top 10 islands in Southeast Asia as voted by readers of the Travel + Leisure magazine.

Phu Quoc, also known as “Pearl Island”, was named among the 17 best places in Asia by cable news network CNN in 2019. “The island is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in Southeast Asia and the world's longest overseas cable car," it wrote.

“Besides resting on beautiful beaches like Sao beach, Long beach and Ong Lang, travelers can kayak through fishing villages, dine on fresh seafood aboard a floating platoon, go squid fishing and visit a pearl farm.”

Phu Quoc became well-known globally after the government allowed 30-day visa-free entry to the island in 2014. The island received five million visitors in 2019, pre-pandemic time, 541,600 of them foreigners, according to official data.

Hong Kong-based daily South China Morning Post in March named the Regent Resort on Phu Quoc Island among the "best new resorts to see in 2022".