The development of rural tourism in Vietnam: Objectives, practical experiences and challenges

Pham Xuan Hau * , & Vu Anh Tuan

* Correspondence: Pham Xuan Hau (email: HauPX@vhu.edu.vn)

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Received: 07 Mar 2017
Revised: 06 Jun 2017
Accepted: 06 Jun 2017
Published: 10 Jul 2017
DOI: 10.58810/vhujs.5.2.2017.5216
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Pham, H. X., & Vu, T. A. (2017). The development of rural tourism in Vietnam: Objectives, practical experiences and challenges . Van Hien University Journal of Science 5(2), 189-200.
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Volume 5 - Issue 2 (2017)
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Cultural - Sport - Tourism

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Abstract

In modern times, the form of rural tourism is developing ceaselessly due to its positive effects towards the economy, the society, and the environment of a country. In Vietnam, the potentials for development of rural tourism are greatly enormous, but its enhancement is inconsiderable and unsustainable. There has been misused the potentials somehow. The paper supplies some questions about the development tendency of Vietnam’s rural tourism based on experiences learned from other countries, on its potentials, on the orientation of Vietnam Communist Party and Government; and some solutions are suggested accordingly.
Keywords: rural tourism, Vietnamese rural areas, tourism products

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