tailieunhanh - Sustainable tourism development for the southern central Vietnam: the necessity for the region’s economic development

Tourism is considered as a synthetic economic value that yields high profits but also makes huge impacts upon social development such as creating jobs for locals, helping reduce poverty, building the image of the nation, contributing to socio-economic development and political security stability as well as environment protection. | International Integration Sustainable Tourism Development for the Southern Central Vietnam: The Necessity for the Region’s Economic Development MA. Tran Mai Uoc Banking University, HCMC & PhD. Cung Thi Tuyet Mai Vietnam National University, HCMC W ith the favourable natural conditions and long-established historical traditions and unique culture the Southern Central Vietnam (SCV) has potential for sustainable tourism development. Tourism is considered as a synthetic economic value that yields high profits but also makes huge impacts upon social development such as creating jobs for locals, helping reduce poverty, building the image of the nation, contributing to socio-economic development and political security stability as well as environment protection. Therefore, the development of sustainable tourism is of great significance to the socio-economic development of the SCV, especially in the context of the global integration. Keywords: SCV, sustainable tourism development, environment protection, socio-economic development. 1. Introduction The SCV consists of eight provinces including Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên, Khánh Hòa, Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận. With the area of million ha and the population of million, which makes up of the total population of the country, the region has the favourable geological conditions for the socioeconomic development. The region is neighbouring with the Northern Central region to the north and with the Highland and Cambodia to the west and north-west respectively. Its eastern side is the Southern China Sea and the southern border line is very close to Hochiminh 90 City and the SCV focal economic triangle. The region is also the gateway to the Highland and to the Trans-Asia Highway connecting to the international seaways. Danang International airport, one of the largest international airports in Vietnam, is located in the region alongside with several domestic airports like Phú