With the Director of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration attending the World Tourism Day celebration this year, Vietnam affirms to the international community its goals and commitments to develop tourism in a green and sustainable direction (all of which have been stated in national tourism development strategies and projects). The Vietnam tourism development strategy to 2020, with a vision to 2030, sets out the orientation of "Developing green tourism, linking tourism activities with preserving and promoting the values of resources and protecting the environment".
The tourism industry and localities with famous destinations in Vietnam have launched a series of tourism products associated with natural landscapes, traditional culture, sustainable exploitation of world cultural heritages, and world biosphere reserves. |
In fact, over the past two years, Vietnam has chosen the theme of “green tourism” for the National Tourism Year: in 2022 it was “Quang Nam - Green Tourism Destination”; in 2023 it was “Binh Thuan - Green Convergence”, aiming to spread the image of safe, green, and sustainable Vietnamese tourism.
The tourism industry and localities with famous destinations in Vietnam have launched a series of tourism products associated with natural landscapes, traditional culture, sustainable exploitation of world cultural heritages, and world biosphere reserves.
The following specific actions towards the goal of green tourism have been seriously implemented by businesses, tourism management agencies and localities in Vietnam.
Most recently, on September 28 in Hanoi, the Vietnam Tourism Association launched a competition to design applications (apps) to manage plastic waste in the tourism industry, aiming to find software that tourism management agencies, localities, tourism establishments, and services can deploy and use. Tourism businesses can register and participate in implementing the set of criteria for tourism businesses without plastic waste.
According to Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh, the growth of the tourism industry has contributed to the economic restructuring, positively contributing to the growth of the entire economy. However, tourist activities also contribute to increasing plastic waste in the environment. The project "Reducing plastic waste in Vietnam tourism" developed by the Vietnam Tourism Association was approved by UNDP for funding to be implemented in 2023-2024.
Previously, on September 26, the Department of Tourism of Quang Nam province coordinated with the forestry sector and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to organize a seminar on "Responsible tourism associated with nature and wildlife conservation" to raise awareness and understanding for travel agencies about "responsible tourism with the natural environment", while promoting participation and inter-sectoral cooperation in nature conservation and wildlife protection for sustainable tourism development.
Within the framework of the discussion, 24 tourism businesses in Quang Nam signed a commitment to join hands in conserving wildlife to preserve the ecosystem and protect sustainable development.
Obviously, the above specific actions further affirm the consistent policy and direction of unified action, linking all localities, destinations, businesses and stakeholders in the Vietnamese tourism industry to develop tourism in a green and sustainable direction.
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