Phu Quoc, Nha Trang among most favorite destinations for South Korean tourists

By VNA July 15, 2024 | 04:55 pm PT

Sao beach in Phu Quoc Island, southern Vietnam. Photo by SG

Vietnam's Nha Trang and Phu Quoc, famous for pristine beaches, are among three most preferred tourist destinations of South Korean tourists, according to a survey conducted by Rankify Korea website.

The result was released based on a big data analysis program 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 in the 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 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 (U.S.), Sydney (Australia), Shanghai (China) and Munich (Germany).

The survey also showed the results of analyzing preferences by gender and age for each of these cities.

Specifically, Phu Quoc Island is more popular with Korean women, representing a rate of 67% of the survey data.