Vietnam: Supporting the Country's Development with Tourism
Mai Hoang Phuong 1132300093
The Vietnam Government should support and invest in tourism as the motivation of the country’s development.
Tourism is becoming the economic sector which is the most significant to collect foreign currencies of many countries around the world, and Vietnam is no exception. There are rich and diversified potentials of tourism that are the huge motivation of economic development in Vietnam. “It is forecasted that in the next 10 years, Vietnam travel will continue to grow rapidly and require intensive investment in improving the quality of services” (Vietnam tourism improving, 2011). However, the natural growth is not enough, because tourism needs the help of human to develop perfectly, especially for the assistance of Vietnam Government. In fact, there are many positive effects to the economy, environment and social life that are the reasons why the Vietnam Government should support and invest in tourism to improve the economy.
Previously, Vietnam was known to be a backward agricultural country, but today it is growing to become the modern industrial country. Absolutely, the tourism industry is one of the most crucial keys to do this. Initially, the development of the tourism industry is to promote GDP growth and net export values. Furthermore, it also contributes the positive impacts to the economic restructuring. For instance, “Vietnam has for the first time designated tourism as an economic spearhead, targeting a GDP contribution of 4.5 percent from the sector” (Vietnam tourism, n.d.). In addition, the rate of unemployment reduces significantly when the tourism industry develops, “ the tourism sector should welcome more than 10 million international travelers, service 48 million domestic tourists, create three million jobs and contribute 7% of the country’s gross domestic product by 2020” (Vietnam tourism industry, 2012). It is said that Vietnam tourism provides opportunities for unemployed people, which is
The Vietnam Government should support and invest in tourism as the motivation of the country’s development.
Tourism is becoming the economic sector which is the most significant to collect foreign currencies of many countries around the world, and Vietnam is no exception. There are rich and diversified potentials of tourism that are the huge motivation of economic development in Vietnam. “It is forecasted that in the next 10 years, Vietnam travel will continue to grow rapidly and require intensive investment in improving the quality of services” (Vietnam tourism improving, 2011). However, the natural growth is not enough, because tourism needs the help of human to develop perfectly, especially for the assistance of Vietnam Government. In fact, there are many positive effects to the economy, environment and social life that are the reasons why the Vietnam Government should support and invest in tourism to improve the economy.
Previously, Vietnam was known to be a backward agricultural country, but today it is growing to become the modern industrial country. Absolutely, the tourism industry is one of the most crucial keys to do this. Initially, the development of the tourism industry is to promote GDP growth and net export values. Furthermore, it also contributes the positive impacts to the economic restructuring. For instance, “Vietnam has for the first time designated tourism as an economic spearhead, targeting a GDP contribution of 4.5 percent from the sector” (Vietnam tourism, n.d.). In addition, the rate of unemployment reduces significantly when the tourism industry develops, “ the tourism sector should welcome more than 10 million international travelers, service 48 million domestic tourists, create three million jobs and contribute 7% of the country’s gross domestic product by 2020” (Vietnam tourism industry, 2012). It is said that Vietnam tourism provides opportunities for unemployed people, which is
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