1. Introduction
The diversity of natural environment, geography, culture and history in Vietnam have significantly contributed to great potentials for tourism industry, especially ecotourism. Vietnam comprises of long coastlines, forests and mountainous regions with 13,766 floral species and over 15,000 faunal species ( BIODIVN, 2003). The developmentof tourism has become a spearhead economic industry indeed. It is necessary to improve the quality and effectiveness of tourism activities, bringing into full play of the natural conditions, and cultural and historical traditions to meet the domestic and international demand for tourism and catch up with tourism development in the region” (document of the IX national congress 2001). Tourism has
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It is separated from mass or resort tourism by its lower influence on the environment, lower infrastructure requirements. Its purpose may be to educate tourists, provide funds for ecological conservation and directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities.
In recent years, ecotourism has been sharply developing in many countries over the world and is attracting the attention of tourists.
In addition to contributing nature conservation, protection of biodiversity and cultural communities, the development of ecotourism has brought overwhelming economic resource and also an opportunity to increase employment and improve incomes for local people, especially people in remote areas where the natural reserves and attractive landscapes has. Moreover, ecotourism also contributes to improving intellectual standards of the people through education about environmental protection, history, culture and recreation. Thus, ecotourism is seen as an effective solution to protect the ecological
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Preserve cultural integrity is "one of the principles of ecotourism because human value cannot be separated from natural value" (Quan Thi Quynh Dao, et al, 2008). Because most potential tourist destinations in which ethnic minorities live, community participation in ecotourism activities should be stimulated in order to create income and help maintain cultural identity. These communities have a thorough understanding of traditional festivals, cultivation, culinary culture, traditional lifestyle and handicrafts, and historical
This aspect is “The Double-edged Sword of Ecotourism.” In this chapter, Stanford expresses the positives and negatives of ecotourism. Ecotourism is a form of tourism which involves visiting fragile and undisturbed natural areas and in this case, the main reason is to see gorillas. Ecotourism has its good and bad. It is good because those poor communities that live close to the habitats of the apes can have a source of revenue. Those areas are really poor, and with ecotourism, they can earn about $9000 dollars a month. However, those areas may not exactly be the safest. Stanford cites a 1999 cross border attack by rebel groups in Rwanda in which 8 ecotourists were murdered and this attack deterred tourist from going there for many months. Another negative aspect of ecotourism is how it affects the apes. Although, many apes who do live in these areas of habituation and have tourists coming in and out, the apes develop really high stress levels. When humans move too quickly or make loud noises, the apes are stressed out and can flee. Not only that, but increased stress levels lowers their immune systems making them more susceptible to disease. Stanford ends this chapter saying that ecotourism is bound to happen if the countries are too poor to provide for their people and that “the apes will have to live with the results” (190). In
Eco tourism is a fast growing industry involving the tourist visits to natural areas to help minimize the endangered places and animals in that community. According to (ecotourism.org) Ecotourism is defined as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people." The Eco Certification program is put forth to certify tourist attractions to than help unite the communities, conservations and keep sustainable tourism. Their purpose is also to observe the wildlife and learn about the environment. There are certain basic requirements that gain you an Eco Certification and they are the location, Environmental manager, Customer satisfaction and minimizing any potential environmental damages that can occur these are just four of the ten requirements in order to be Eco certified.
Ecotourism began in hopes of developing local economies in South American countries while attracting tourists to the natural beauty and exotic wonders of the land. The Vermont-based Ecotourism Society defines it as "responsible travel to natural areas, which conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people.
Tourism impacts can be generally classified into seven categories with each having both positive and negative impacts. These impacts include; economic, environmental, social and cultural, crowding and congestion, taxes, and community attitude. It is essential for a balance on array of impacts that may either positively or negatively affect the resident communities. Different groups are concerned about different tourism impacts that affect them in one way or another. Tourism’s benefits can be increased by use of specific plans and actions. These can also lead to decrease in the gravity of negative impacts. Communities will not experience every impact but instead this will depend on particular natural resources, development, or spatial patterns (Glen 1999).
...tors at play in different zones. In spite of this it can agreed that the dynamics in ecotourism are more complex than simply creating an industry of both profit and conservancy. For instance the Osa peninsula, presses on the power structure as a result of the construct, drawing parallels between communities and the policies that directly affect them. As this paper demonstrates, there is a need to a more holistic analysis on the effects of ecotourism in countries, such as Costa Rica, thereby not limiting the narrative of ecotourism across the globe to submissive communities and aggressive businesses. Creating a sustainable difference between ecotourism and community-based ecotourism will probe to create effective change in various destinations. Further, ideally the notion of community-based ecotourism might pose an example for significant change within Costa Rica.
The article provides checklists to see whether or not it is ecotourism, with some key features being the companies relationship to the natives, if they act for convince or for nature, and if they are a certified ectourism company. The authors also talk of the consequences of ecotourism by exemplifying the Galapagos Islands boom in “ecotourism” as a negative impact that brought invasive plants, animals, and even pirates to the islands. They then point at the path to a solution for the Galapagos Islands through legislation, tour design and interpretation, and lessening their environmental impact. McElrath, Kolby. 17 February 2016.
In other words, ecotourism is a form of support where tourists can easily observe the endangered habitats which are risking the survival of many species who roam the area and the population. This can potentially be an eye opener to make people realize action needs to be taken
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...
Pro-poor tourism is defined as a tourism that generates benefits for the poor, not only economic benefits, but also positive sociocultural and environmental benefits (Ashley, Roe, & Goodwin, 2001). It is understood that the core aim of pro-poor tourism (PPT) strategies is to unlock opportunities for the poor, rather than to expand the overall size of the sector (Ashley & Roe, 2002, p. 62). However, as case studies in this paper show, PPT cannot succeed without having in mind the participatory in tourism development ethics as community-based tourism for those ethnic community minorities.
We talked about the first type which is the economic effect on the local community and the second type that is the social effect on the host community. In this part of our essay we will represent the last kind of effect on the local community by tourism. It is the environment effect on the local community. Tourism has positive and negative aspects in term of its impact on the host community. First point, tourism can help to protect the environment through reinvest some of profits, that generated by tourism, to the preservation of local environment and make it popular destination for holidays. However, it can cause pollution and damage in the environment through overuse of natural resources, such as water supply, beaches and coral reef. It also account for increased pollution through traffic emissions and littering. Additionally, tourist accommodations in general dump waste and sewage into seas and rivers. Second point, it might reduce some problems such as over-fishing by creating another source of employment. According to Tourism Concern, tourism account for more than eight per cent of jobs in the world wide and there are approximately two hundred million people work in the tourism sector on all sides of the world. (Tourism Concern, 2004). As a result a lot of people will abandon works in fishing and deforestations and tend to works in tourism industrialization. On the adverse side, it can harm the environment through polish off grass cover, harmful to wildlife and forests and grave local habitats. (BBC,
Tourism focuses much more on attractions, helping the tourist experience a change, and is a huge economic business. They each have different rules and guidelines, anthropology being more strict then tourism. However, there are several anthropologists who see tourism as a spiritual journey for newcomers and how it can be a very successful anthropological method. While most people see tourism as an obtrusive version of a vacation, several anthropologists view tourism as a “sacred journey” and helps the tourist experience a sense of solidarity or togetherness (Selwyn, 1990). This form of tourism, known as ethnic tourism, relates the most to anthropology.
Industrialization and modernization are two necessary steps for a country to develop. While industry has grown up, the harmful effects of the industry on environment and society have also been increasing at the same time. Tourism in Vietnam is a typical example. According to Joan C. Henderson, Vietnam’s economy has improved after the reform of “Doi Moi” promulgated by the Communist Party at the Sixth Party Congress in 1986 (271). Since this event happened, Vietnam has encouraged the international tourists. The number of visitor arrivals in 1986 was 54,353 and rapidly increasing. In the early 1990s, foreign arrivals were raised by 40 - 50% on average per year (Nguyen and Le, 1997). Recently, on the first ten months of 2014, the total foreign arrivals reached 6,608,391 that rise eight percent higher than the same phase last year (“International”, 2014). However, the development of tourism in the beaches, especially in Vung Tau city, Vietnam causes water pollution, which affects the health of people who live near the beach.
Tourism is an important and intricate element to society. It affects economical, social, cultural and environmental elements. Tourism can be argued to have a negative impact on the environment and decrease our already depleting resources, but tourism can also be argued to be a major contributor to strengthening economies, spread cultural traditions and improve people’s lives. Tourism
“Tourism sector plays key role in economic development.” Economics. Radio the Voice of Vietnam. 2004
Tourism's economic benefits are advertised by the industry for a sum of reasons. The idea of tourism's economic significance gives the industry a much greater respect among the business municipal, public officials, and the public in general. This often translates into decisions to tourism.