tailieunhanh - Báo cáo " Building a GIS database for ecotourism development in Ba Vi District, Ha Tay Province, Vietnam "

Ecotourism is a concept and a fast growing segment of the tourism industry worldwide. It plays an increasingly important role in the socio‐economic development of many districts and provinces in Vietnam. Therefore, it needs to be well planned and managed with the aid of spatial information technologies such as Remote Sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS). This paper presents the results of building a GIS database for ecotourism development in Ba Vi, a large legendary mountainous district of Ha Tay Province based . | VNU Journal of Science Earth Sciences 23 2007 146-151 Building a GIS database for ecotourism development in Ba Vi District Ha Tay Province Vietnam Nguyen Dinh Minh College of Science VNU Received 08 July 2007 Abstract. Ecotourism is a concept and a fast growing segment of the tourism industry worldwide. It plays an increasingly important role in the socio-economic development of many districts and provinces in Vietnam. Therefore it needs to be well planned and managed with the aid of spatial information technologies such as Remote Sensing RS Geographic Information System GIS and Global Positioning System GPS . This paper presents the results of building a GIS database for ecotourism development in Ba Vi a large legendary mountainous district of Ha Tay Province based on field and desk investigations. The created database consists of spatial and attributive data files related to natural and cultural resources in Ba Vi stored in a standard format of ArcView GIS that can and should be effectively retrieved analyzed and updated to generate useful information in the form of maps tables and charts to support ecotourism planning and management activities in the district for sustainable development. Keywords ArcView GIS Database Ecotourism. 1. Introduction In recent years ecotourism has become a fast growing segment of the world tourism industry. It can be differentiated from traditional tourism in that it not only attempts to minimize the environmental effect of tourism but also has the goal that local communities and the physical environment will actually benefit from tourism. In its ideal form ecotourism is a philosophy an activity a development policy all at the same time 8 . According to the official definition of the World Conservation Union IUCN ecotourism is environmentally responsible travel and Tel. 84-4-5112474. E-mail ndminhvnu@ visitation to relatively undisturbed natural areas in order to enjoy and appreciate nature including any accompanying cultural