Phu Quoc should handle unlicensed tours to improve tourism: business execs

They put forward the proposal at a conference reviewing the performance of the provincial tourism sector held on Friday. Truong Cong Tam, chairman of the Professional Tour Guide Association in Phu Quoc City, said the island city witnessed a travel boom in 2022. The association is responsible for managing some 45 percent of the total number of 200 tour guides in Phu Quoc. Photo: Chi Cong / Tuoi TreRepresentatives of local tourism businesses at the conference also expressed their hope that Phu Quoc would launch more novel and interesting tourism products, adding that airlines would revise their business plans, airfares, and resume air services to Phu Quoc. Unlicensed and low-cost tours provided by local inhabitants and motorcycle taxi drivers have tarnished the local tourism image, Nghia elaborated.