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IJSTR >> Volume 8 - Issue 9, September 2019 Edition



International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research  
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research

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ISSN 2277-8616



Advantages And Challenges For Tourism In The Mekong Delta, Vietnam

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AUTHOR(S)

Nguyen Hoang Phuong

 

KEYWORDS

Mekong delta, tourism, sustainability, developing orientation

 

ABSTRACT

Being a land with great potential and advantages in tourism, the provinces and cities in the Mekong River Delta are making efforts to promote tourism development, especially the construction of specific tourism products. Compared with the potential of the region, the results of attracting and developing tourism are not as satisfactory, not commensurate with the potential. This can be clearly seen in the first 6 months of 2018, the Mekong Delta region can only receive nearly 1.6 million out of more than 7.8 million international visitors to Vietnam, despite the tourism industry. Localities in the region have focused on promoting, connecting with out-of-region tourism centers such as Da Nang, Lam Dong and Ho Chi Minh City. In fact, visitors to the Mekong Delta mainly come and go during the day, short stay time, low spending makes low turnover. Currently, the rate of staying in the region is only 1.95 days with international visitors, 1.7 days with domestic visitors. According to the master plan for tourism development in the Mekong Delta, by 2020 The region will receive about 34 million visitors, of which 3.5 million international visitors and VND 25,000 billion in revenue. In order to achieve this goal, the localities in the region must do so to retain visitors longer, increasing the number of times visitors return. The paper presents the advantages and challenges for tourism in the Mekong Delta.

 

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