Corona Resort and Casino has announced that it has welcomed the first group of South Korean visitors as part of a pilot programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Vietnam.- Corona Resort and Casino<\/strong> on the island of Phu Quoc has become one of the first destinations in Vietnam visited by international tourists under a pilot \u2018safe tourism\u2019 programme\u00a0<\/strong>launched by the government. According to a press release,\u00a0more than 200 Korean tourists arrived at Phu Quoc\u00a0<\/strong>for a five-day and four-night vacation at Phu Quoc United Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those visiting through the programme are the first foreign tourists to arrive in Vietnam<\/strong>\u00a0since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam announced the pilot last month allowing fully vaccinated overseas tourists<\/a>\u00a0from certain countries to skip entry quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corona Resort and Casino is\u00a0one of the only two casinos<\/a>\u00a0that permit Vietnamese citizens to gamble. The complex is located on the southern island of Phu Quoc and includes many non-gaming facilities. Phu Quoc is expected to receive 20 international monthly flights in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its promoter Vinigroup, said: “This is an important start marking an acceleration in efforts to recover the national tourism industry as well as national economic development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In March,\u00a0casino operators<\/a>\u00a0asked the government to expand\u00a0Vietnamese citizens\u2019 access to casinos<\/strong>\u00a0in major tourist destinations such as\u00a0Quang Nam and Ba Ria-Vung Tau<\/strong>\u00a0to help casinos face the loss of revenue from tourists owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0However, the government has said the\u00a0current scheme<\/a>\u00a0won\u2019t be expanded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Corona Resort and Casino has announced that it has welcomed the first group of South Korean visitors as part of a pilot programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Corona Resort and Casino on Phu Quoc, Vietnam, has welcomed the first cohort of South Korean tourists under a government-led pilot 'safe tourism' program, marking Vietnam's initial reopening to vaccinated international visitors post-pandemic. This initiative aims to accelerate national tourism and economic recovery, with Phu Quoc expecting 20 international flights monthly. The development occurs amidst ongoing discussions regarding expanded domestic access to casinos for Vietnamese citizens, a request the government has currently declined.","focusai_entities":"Corona Resort and Casino, Phu Quoc United Center, Vinigroup, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Phu Quoc, South Korea, Quang Nam, Ba Ria-Vung Tau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Corona Resort and Casino and the broader Phu Quoc gaming vertical from the initial phase of the 'safe tourism' pilot program?"},{"label":"Regulatory Expansion","query":"What are the specific criteria and timelines for the potential expansion of Vietnam's 'safe tourism' program to include additional source markets or a broader relaxation of entry protocols for international gaming patrons?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-24730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24730"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24738,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24730\/revisions\/24738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}