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‘Vietnam’s Bali’ reopens to tourists

Arriving South Korean tourists wait for their luggage at Phu Quoc international airport on November 20, 2021, as the island welcomes its first international tourists to arrive after a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine passport scheme kicked off this month in Vietnam. Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

PHU QUOC: Tour guide Phuc Lai Chi has been counting down the days until travelers return to the white-sand beaches and thick tropical jungle of Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, a once-poor fishing island pushing to be Asia’s next holiday hot spot as pandemic restrictions ease.

On Saturday, around 200 South Koreans touched down on the island, which is dubbed as ‘Vietnam’s Bali,” which lies a few kilometers off Cambodia…

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