INTRODUCTION
Can Tho is the largest city in Mekong Delta and the fourth largest city in Vietnam. Can Tho or “Western Capital” as nicknamed has a population of 1.2 million as of 2011. The city experiences two climates Monsoonal and Tropical, and the prominent seasons are Rainy and Dry. Tourists visit this place because of its rich cultural heritage, natural habitat, local delicacies etc. The different mode of transportation that is easily accessible to the tourists is roadways, airways, waterways and railways. The tourist industry in this region has shown growth during the years. Due to its rich heritage and diverse natural habitat it visions to be transformed into one of the most popular tourist destination. the most beneficial factor about this city is its scope towards tourism development in different categories like-
Cultural tourism- the city is culturally rich in heritage in terms of literature, flora and fauna, local delicacies etc. The events organized and the festivals celebrated across the city also create a wide scope for the cultural tourism to develop. The museums and theatres also portray the rich cultural heritage of the city.
Business tourism- The city is at a rapid developing stage, this creates a good opportunity for the investors and companies to set up their business. The demands for the growth and developments attract business tourism in Can Tho. Investors, businessmen, traders etc from all over the world visits this city to try their luck.
Natural or Eco tourism- The natural assets of the city like the forest, rivers, geographical terrain attracts the tourist to visit the place. The curiosity about the region, which is mainly formed from the accumulation of the sea deposit and the Mekong river alluvium, ...
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Nowadays, developing countries are stimulating to develop the tourism industry to increase the revenue and economic growth. Thailand is one of the counties that used tourism industry to develop for a long time. Tourism industry of Thailand is beneficial because it impacts the national development. The other benefits are the developed areas, medical development, and promoting Thai culture. In addition, Thailand is well-known as ‘the land of smile’ so many tourists are interested in the culture and destinations. Some tourists want to experience the culture heritage of each regions of Thailand. There are benefits that gain from tourism in Thailand.
When cultural tourism industry creates benefit to Can Tho, Can Tho also should make contribution to tourism for developing and then creates more cultural capital. Can Tho government should support for the safety of tourists and residents. The residents should do well in education to gain more knowledge skill and cultural awareness to build cultural capital themselves.
A tourism planning can be categorized into 5 approaches, boosterism, economic, physical, community and sustainability. For the tourism development in Can Tho, the approaches of economic, physical and community are implemented. These three actions has been taken in Can Tho City, such as establishing 165 hotels together with approximately 4000 rooms with 6000 beds and plenty of resorts close to Hau River. Can Tho City have already attracted nearly 1.48 million tourists last year; 250000 were foreign visitors and gained VND 953 billion. Can Tho City also aiming to accomplish over 20 eco-tourism based parks, and extend the area of eco-tourism business to other cities located at the Mekong Delta zone, together collaborating with Kien Giang and An Giang provinces to form a tourism triangle and build service center at the mountain area, island and river (VietnamTourism, 2014). Moreover, the association in tourism infrastructure in Can Tho City invested US $1 billion; a real estate firm also funded another 2 billion with holding group for developing tourism business in Can Tho. Than Thanh Vu...
Attract tourist more and let them spent more money on it. Tourism is not only dependent on the city's economic development. Tourism at beginning was just the consumption activities from a handful of people. Nowadays tourism has become a modern mass activity more people could afford and love to pay for the tourism, the fundamental reason is the development of social productive forces and the result of people's consumption level improved. The city's economic development leads people have extra discretionary, it could be transformed into tourist motivations travel behavior, travel demand within the city can be m...
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