56 nautical miles from the mainland in the East – Southeast direction, Phu Quy island district is known as a place with great marine economic potential, especially in the field of tourism. Nature has endowed Phu Quy with a poetic, unspoiled natural landscape with beautiful beaches. From the beginning of 2016 up to now, Phu Quy tourism has made strong development steps, especially since the power source is distributed 24/24 hours a day, opening a new period for Phu Quy.
In 2019, there were nearly 42,000 domestic and foreign tourists to Phu Quy (up 117% compared to 2018). Currently, the passenger transport route Phan Thiet – Phu Quy has basically met the travel and freight demand with 3 speedboats and regular cargo ships… Sea traffic From the mainland to the island is improved, tourists from all over the province, the whole country, international tourists come to the island more and more to work, study history and admire nature… This is an important bridge contributing to part of bringing Phu Quy closer to the mainland, creating favorable conditions for economic and tourism development.
Mr. Ngo Minh Chinh, Director of Binh Thuan Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: With 10 islands of different sizes and natural features, Phu Quy has an extremely important position in terms of security. national defense and the role of a forward island covering important waters in the South Central region. As an impressive tourist attraction of Binh Thuan province with tourism products such as bathing, fishing, scuba diving, visiting monuments on the island, traditional fishing villages… The people of Phu Quy are gentle, hospitality. On the island, there are many kinds of delicious seafood, the terrain and scenery are still unspoiled, which is an attractive and interesting tourist destination, thereby attracting many visitors to Phu Quy to visit and relax and achieve the criteria to become a provincial tourist area.
According to Mr. Ngo Tan Luc – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Phu Quy district, the fact that Phu Quy was recognized as a provincial tourist area is a matter of pride and significance, but that is just the initial result. In order to be worthy of a provincial tourist area and be known by tourists, Phu Quy island district still has a lot of work to do and also many difficulties and challenges, requiring the locality to make more efforts, with determination. higher level to implement the proposed tasks and solutions.
Phu Quy being recognized as a provincial tourist area is not only an important local event but also the result of efforts and efforts of the Party Committee, local authorities and people in tourism development of the province. Wealth. It can be said that this is an important milestone and a good opportunity for the tourism industry of Phu Quy and Binh Thuan districts to develop more strongly. According to the tourism development plan on Phu Quy island of Binh Thuan People’s Committee, by 2030, Phu Quy will welcome 74,000 visitors (including about 6,000 international visitors), a growth rate of 10.46%/year and total The revenue from tourism is about 380 billion VND/year, helping to create jobs for over 2,000 employees.
