Phu Quoc, Nha Trang among most favourite destinations for Korean tourists

July 15, 2024 | 17:19

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Tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are increasingly interested in destinations in Vietnam, according to a survey conducted by Rankify Korea website.

Phu Quoc, Nha Trang among most favourite destinations for Korean tourists

Tourists from the Republic of Korea prefer travelling to islands off the beach city of Nha Trang. (Photo: VNA)

Seoul – Tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are increasingly interested in destinations in Vietnam, according to a survey conducted by Rankify Korea website.

Among the three most preferred tourist destinations in RoK, two are in Vietnam, it said.

The result was released based on a big data analysis programme to evaluate the search volume of Google Trend Index and Naver in the first week of July and compare it with that of the last week of June.

In the first week of July, Phu Quoc island in the Vietnamese southern province of Kien Giang was in the first place with 12,855 points, up 2,962 points compared to the last week of June. The beach city of Nha Trang in the Vietnamese central province of Khanh Hoa ranked second with 10,157 points and followed by Tokyo (Japan) with 3,796 points.

Other cities in the top 15 are Bangkok and Phuket (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Nagoya (Japan), Barcelona (Spain), Kyoto (Japan), Hanoi (Vietnam), Paris (France), New York (US), Sydney (Australia), Shanghai (China) and Munich (Germany).

The survey also showed the results of analysing preferences by gender and age for each of these cities. Specifically, Phu Quoc Island is more popular with RoK women, representing a rate of 67 per cent of the survey data.

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