A national tourist industry

Examine the social, economic and environmental impacts of tourism.

Where am I?

• I am in the Northern Hemisphere at latitude 21O N

• I am divided into 58 provinces • I have an HDI of 0.64, 121 in the world • I am the 13th most populous country in the

world with 90 million people • 55.6% of my population work in the primary

sector • My main exports are rice, rubber and coffee.

What do you know about Vietnam? What do you need to know?

Know Need to know Have learnt

Locational information about Vietnam

• Annotate the sheet to describe the location of Vietnam

• Describe the physical geography – climate, relief, vegetation.

• Locate – The capital city, International Airports, Major railways.

Vietnam: A national tourist industry

Locational information

Primary tourist attractions

Human

Physical

Reasons for growth in tourism

Economic and historical context

Impacts of tourism growth

Social Economic

Environmental Political

Vietnam economic

• One of the fastest growing economies in the world – average of 6.13% GDP growth 2000-2014

• 55% of the population still work in the primary sector

• The secondary sector actually generates the most income (43% of total GDP)

• Vietnam has become an important offshoring location because of its cheap labour and growing market

Vietnam – historical

• Gained independence from France in 1945 • 1954 North and South Vietnam formed • The north was led by Ho Chi Minh and backed

by China, the south was backed by the US.• 19 years of war between North and South

until the South fell in 1975 – unifying Vietnam under communist rule

Some reasons for tourism growth

• Improved transportation • Deregulation. Vietnam still has a Communist

system, but the ruling party has allowed greater private ownership.

• Relaxed immigration. Visas are still required, but these are now a lot easy to obtain.

Modes of transport to Vietnam

• Better image. The war has been finished over 30 years and now tourists are saying much better things about Vietnam.

• Better advertising at home and abroad.• Investment in hotels and restaurants• Exchange rate (once you are in Vietnam it is still a

relatively cheap place to visit).• Excellent human and physical attractions (see below)• Saturation of neighbouring countries like Thailand and

Malaysia.

Find out the human and physical attractions of Vietnam

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• Which type of tourist is the Nha Trang development aimed at?What advantage is there targeting tourism at this type of customer?How does the multiplier effect create additional jobs from the growth in tourism?