Giang T. Phi & Long H. Pham 
Vietnam Tourism [EPUB ebook] 
Policies and Practices

Vietnam has experienced rapid growth within its tourism industry during the past decades. This growth is part of Vietnam’s opening 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 centres 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 in modern tourism specifically in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Circa l’autore

Huong T. Bui is a professor at the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan. She holds a Ph D in tourism management from Griffith University (Australia). Prior to her career in academia, Huong worked in the tourism industry and was a consultant for tourism development projects in South-east Asia for the World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV). She has received research grants from the Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) on dark tourism, heritage tourism, and disaster risk management for the tourism sector in Asia. Her research expertise revolves around conflict resolution, crisis management, sustainable resource management and adaptive resilience of tourism destinations. She has published 40 journal articles in leading tourism journals and edited two books on tourism in Asia: Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia (2020, Routledge) and Nature-based Tourism in Asia Mountain’s Protected Area (2021, Springer).