Vietnam has experienced rapid growth within its tourism industry during the past decades. This growth is part of Vietnam's open economy allowing a wide range of forms of tourism.
Vietnam Tourism: Policies and Practices provides a comprehensive review of tourism development in Vietnam. Part I outlines the history of tourism, the role and involvement of public and private sectors in governance and planning, and the markets for tourism. Part II offers analysis and assessment of various types of tourism in Vietnam, including marine and island, eco, heritage, dark and community-based tourism. Part III centers on current operational issues of tourism, hotels and events.
The book provides an up-to-date analysis on Vietnamese tourism policy, structure, governance, and operations as well as various forms of tourism from both a theoretical and practical perspective by:
- providing a comprehensive review in a single resource;
- outlining public and private sector tourism;
- addressing Vietnamese structure, governance and planning of tourism;
- examining special interest tourism;
- addressing current issues of industry's operations and management;
- embracing local and global perspectives;
- principles and practices applicable to Southeast Asia.
Written by scholars with extensive research experience on tourism in Vietnam this book is a reliable source of reference for students, researchers, and industry practitioners who are interested modern tourism specifically in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Papildus informācija
Tourism researchers and students who are interested in modern tourism development in Southeast Asia in general and Vietnam in particular.
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Part I Tourism Policies and Practices Across Time and Space |
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1 Vietnam Tourism: a View from Within |
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2 The History and Evolution of Vietnam Tourism |
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3 Tourism Policies and Governance |
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4 Tourism Planning in the Central Highlands: Policies and Practices |
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Part II Types and Forms of Tourism |
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5 Marine and Island Tourism: Stakeholder Involvement in Policy Formulation and Implementation |
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63 | (22) |
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6 Ecotourism in Forests and Protected Areas |
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7 Community-based Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development |
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8 Heritage Conservation and Tourism: the Present and Future of the Past |
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9 Dark Tourism in the Former Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) |
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Part III Tourism Industry Practices |
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10 Vietnam Tour Operators and Responsible Tourism: a Behavioural Approach |
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11 Public Opinion on Quarantine Hotels: a Question of Corporate Social Responsibility |
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12 Policies and Stakeholder Engagement in Cultural Events |
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13 Human Resources Management Practices in the Tourism Industry |
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Huong T. Bui is an Associate Professor, and a Field Leader of the Tourism and Hospitality Program of the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan. She previously worked at Vietnam National University, Faculty of Tourism Studies. She was also the founder of the Faculty of Management and Tourism at Hanoi University (Vietnam) and visiting professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, the University of Vienna, Austria. She holds a PhD in Tourism Management from Griffith University (Australia). Huong Bui has received research grants from Japan Foundation and Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) on the topics of dark tourism and heritage tourism in Southeast Asia, and disaster risk management for tourism sector in Asia from the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Research Grant and JSPS. She published articles on leading journals with topics such as 'Asian youth tourism', 'Heritage conservation in Asia', 'Educational dark tourism in Japan' and 'Sustainable costal tourism in Vietnam'. Huong Bui serves in the editorial board of the International Journal of Tourism Sciences and advisory board of the Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies (ASEAS). She worked in the tourism industry and was a consultant for tourism development projects in Southeast Asia for the World Bank, JICA and SNV prior to her career in academia.
