Change in Vietnam

Vietnams developing tourist industry

and competition with other SE Asian
countries.
Understanding Vietnam
In the development of becoming a tourist industry, Vietnam
had seen many factors leading up to their advantage

These advantages may include:
Foreign investment and infrastructure (airports, roads, hotels)
Employment of locals for tourist services
Commercial marketing (foods, souvenirs, transport and banking)
Reducing poverty in undeveloped regions
Preserving cultural icons and natural environments
Expanding relations with people from around the world
Impacts of Tourism
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Dramatic changes into poverty
reduction.
Conflict
Greater understanding of local,
cultural, and social environmental
environment.
Land displacement due to the
development of tourist
accommodation
Preserving natural wildlife and
traditional Vietnamese culture.
Pollution

Economic growth Cost of living increases
Provides more jobs Destruction of environment
Population growth
Statistics- Comparison
Comparison rates of tourist arrivals between Vietnam and Thailand
Competition
When Vietnam was at war, Thailand had the opportunity
to develop its economy, including tourism. To this day,
Thailands tourist industry is far more advanced than
Vietnams tourism industry, both in terms of number of
international tourists (over 10 million) and in revenue
from tourism.

What Vietnam can learn from Thailand is that due
consideration should be taken when developing cheap
tours in a large scale to avoid uncontrollable situation at
some stage.

Competition
Because Vietnam is surrounded by a
few different countries, their
competition relies on how their
country is marketed. This marketing
has to persuade and also attract
customers to improve their economic
as well as social status.

Vietnams biggest competitor is
Thailand mainly because Thailand
is more westernized. Western
chains are found to be rare in
Vietnam but they are beginning to
change and grow

Vietnam as a tourist industry
Vietnam displays their country as
a natural environment with
beautiful landscapes. Their
development in major cities has
contributed to their economic and
population growth.

But with all the advertisements
and marketing, Vietnam still has
slums, poverty and congestion in
small areas. They aim to lower the
statistics and rates of these on
going problems as they continue
to improve their development as a
tourist industry.
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