What to buy as gifts when traveling to Phu Quoc island

Phu Quoc Pearl Island, one of the most famous tourist destinations in Vietnam, not only attracts travelers by its nature, landscape, and attractive tourist activities but also by its culinary culture and unique gifts.

What to buy as gifts in Phu Quoc is something that many tourists are currently interested in. Because after experiencing, playing and relaxing activities, many people will start buying Phu Quoc's gifts for their relatives and friends.

Here are the most popular gifts for tourists when coming to Phu Quoc:

1. Phu Quoc Pearls

With a long and clean coastline, Phu Quoc is the place with the best environment for pearls to live and develop. Taking advantage of this, Phu Quoc people have long experimented with the semi-artificial pearl farming model and achieved great success.

Up to now, when mentioning Phu Quoc, people cannot help but recount beautiful and valuable pearl products. Phu Quoc pearls are quite expensive; depending on quality, color, and shape, they can range from tens to thousands of dollars. The most valuable are black pearls, priced at over 1,000 USD/pearl, the lowest grade is ivory white pearls priced at several tens of USD/pearl.

Reputable pearl buying address: Ngoc Hien and Quoc An pearl farms.

2. Bitter bolete – Nam tram

This is a Phu Quoc specialty that many tourists choose as a gift. This mushroom often grows on hillsides and has many nutritional values. Bitter bolete is often cooked into soup or dried and then processed with other dishes. Bitter bolete has many medicinal effects such as flu, and headache, and improves health.

Purchase address: Duong Dong Market, Dinh Cau Market

3. Phu Quoc Pepper

Pepper is one of the specialties of Phu Quoc that many tourists often buy as gifts for friends and relatives. After harvesting, Phu Quoc pepper is often divided into 3 types: white pepper, red pepper, and black pepper. Whole white pepper, ground white pepper, whole pepper, salted pepper, candied pepper... there are many types for tourists to choose from.

Pepper is often sold in markets in Phu Quoc or shops selling Phu Quoc specialties. Phu Quoc pepper is famous for its firm, spicy and aromatic grains, with a stronger flavor than pepper in other regions, especially red pepper.

Address to buy reputable pepper: Khu Tuong pepper garden or Suoi Da pepper garden.

4. Rose myrtle wine - Ruou Sim

The fruit of rose myrtle known as Sim in Vietnam used to make wine in Phu Quoc is mainly the pink type, traditionally produced by natural fermentation from wild Sim fruit and white sugar, which can be mixed with made wine to increase the concentration.

Phu Quoc Sim wine is considered a medicinal wine, traditionally made from Sim fruit, easy to digest, treated as a medicine with many good effects, especially, it can effectively treat aches and pains.

Reputable address to buy Sim wine: Sim Son and Bay Giao Sim wine.

5. Banh Kheo

In Phu Quoc, Banh Kheo is very popular with islanders and tourists. Banh Kheo is made from wheat flour with many flavors of fillings such as coconut, green beans, and taro... with a light sweetness, and low fat, and not causing a feeling of fullness.

Reputable address to buy Banh Kheo: Dinh Cau Night Market, Co Dung Banh Kheo Bakery...

6. Phu Quoc dried seafood

As a typical coastal area, of course, Phu Quoc cannot lack dried products made from seafood. Dried seafood is sold a lot at Duong Dong Market - Phu Quoc. Phu Quoc dried seafood is incredibly diverse. Just take a walk around Duong Dong Market, visitors can choose a variety of dried seafood such as dried shrimp, dried squid, dried catfish, dried mackerel, etc.

With the advantage of being an island, full of wind but also lots of sunshine, the dried seafood here is processed and dried by the people under natural sunlight. Therefore, the dried seafood is not damp, or chewy and still retains its original fresh taste.

Reputable address to buy dried seafood: Duong Dong Market, Huynh Phuoc dried seafood shop...

Hopefully, this article by Ama Journey can help you easily choose suitable gifts to bring back to your loved ones after an exciting trip to Phu Quoc. To have the most interesting and unforgettable Phu Quoc trip, please contact us!

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