Foreign travellers return to the white-sand beaches and tropical jungle of Vietnam's Phu Quoc island on Saturday. The once-poor fishing island, which lies a few kilometres off the coast of Cambodia, is now pushing to be Asia's next holiday hotspot as pandemic restrictions ease. Tens of thousands of hotel rooms have been built on the island in recent years, and many of its palm-fringed beaches are now home to giant resorts. But the rapid development has come at a cost to the natural environment, and some lament the loss of its sleepy way of life. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES