World’s longest cable car route in Phu Quoc, Viet Nam
On 04/02/2018, Kien Giang People’s Committee, Phu Quoc Island District and Sun Group officially opened the 3-wire world’s longest cable car route linking An Thoi town with Thom Island.
After the opening ceremony, the cable car and Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park officially welcomed tourists on 14/02.
To be the first and the most important part of Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park on South Island, the cable is 7,899.9m long, starting from An Thoi Town, going through Roi Island, Coconut Island to Thom Island, offering Phu Quoc tourism a new unique product. With this length, Hon Thom cable car has been awarded as the World’s Longest Cable by Guinness on its opening day.
The entire system has 2 terminals, 6 cable posts in which the highest post is 174m long. Designed with 69 cabins that have capacity of 30 people per cabin, operating at a maximum speed of 8,5 m/s, Hon Thom cable car shortens the travel time between An Thoi and Thom Island to 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes by canoe. All cabins have wifi and electric lighting system at night.
With the world’s most modern and safest 3-wire cable technology, Hon Thom cable smoothly runs without vibration and no need for normal rescue system. In case of bad weather, the system will automatically stop and notify all passengers.
The world’s longest cable car will bring tourists a fascinating journey from the air to capture 360o view to the heaven of sea, islands, forests and beaches in An Thoi islands, South Phu Quoc. Getting off the cable car, tourists can fully enjoy the beauty of Thom Island with white sand beaches, clear blue water, wild jungles and spectacular rock bay. Many new services and games have been available at Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park like paragliding, banana floats, snorkeling, under-sea walking, kayak, etc, promising an unforgettable holiday.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of Hon Thom world’s longest cable car route, Mr. Pham Vu Hong, Chairman of Kien Giang People’s Committee said: “Phu Quoc tourism has witnessed remarkable changes over the past few years with the help of big corporations and smart investors. Especially, new and appealing products like Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park will be a big boost, bringing more new tourists to Ngoc Island, lengthens the stay of visitors.”
Also speaking at the opening ceremony of this world’s longest cable car, Mr. Dang Minh Truong – Vice-chairman, General Director of Sun Group added: “Phu Quoc is long considered as the jewel of Vietnam tourism, with the potential that hardly any destinations in the world can be comparable, even Maldives or Bali (Indonesia) or Phuket (Thailand). However, the growth speed of Phu Quoc over the past few years is not worth that potential. In 2017, Phu Quoc welcomed approximately 3 million tourists. Even though this number doubled 2016 number, compared to 8 million visitors to Phuket every year, it’s still a too big gap. There are just few visitors to Phu Quoc because apart from natural beauty, Phu Quoc tourism doesn’t have many interesting entertainment activities and services are still poor, especially in the South Island area. Deciding to invest in this area, Sun Group brought about the new world-level resort JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay. By launching Hon Thom cable car as the world’s longest cable car route, together with Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park, Sun Group hopes to contribute to bringing Phu Quoc new modern, high quality, and an increase in number and target of visitors to Ngoc Island, making South Phu Quoc an attractive destination that’s worth its potential.”
Source: To quoc.vn
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