Arriving South Korean tourists wait for their luggage at Phu Quoc international airport on November 20, 2021, as the island welcomes its first international tourists to arrive after a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine passport scheme kicked off this month in Vietnam. Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
PHU QUOC: Tour guide Phuc Lai Chi has been counting down the days until travelers return to the white-sand beaches and thick tropical jungle of Vietnam's Phu Quoc, a once-poor fishing island pushing to be Asia's next holiday hot spot as pandemic restrictions ease.