MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & TRAINING
HCMC UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
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LAM THI THUY PHUONG
SEA-ISLAND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
IN PHU YEN PROVINCE
Major: Geography
Code: 62310501
SUMMARY OF THE DISSERTATION IN GEOGRAPHY
Ho Chi Minh City - 2021
The dissertation is completed at
HCMC UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
Supervisors:
1. Dr. TRUONG VAN TUAN
2. Assoc.Dr. PHAM XUAN HAU
Reviewer 1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thi Son
Hanoi National University of Education
Reviewer 2: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thi Trang Thanh
Vinh University
Reviewer 3: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Dao Ngoc Canh
Can Tho University
The dissertation will be defensed in front of the institutional-level dissertation
grading committee at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
at ………… on ………. 2021.
Can find the dissertation at the library:
- National Library of Vietnam
- Library of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
- Library of General Science in Ho Chi Minh city
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INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
Sea-island tourism (SIT) is a type that is increasingly becoming a trend and
attracting many tourists around the world. Therefore, most of the countries with the
advantage of the sea choose this type of tourism as the driving force to play a key
role, making tourism a key economic sector of the country.
Phu Yen is one of 28 provinces and cities bordering the sea, in the South Central
Coast region, with a coastline of 189km. With its advantages, the province has
identified tourism as a key economic sector in the socio-economic development
strategy. Being aware of its significance, over the years, researches on the
development of the SIT in Phu Yen have been interested by many industries,
organizations and scientists from different angles.
However, so far, there has not been any in-depth research, assessment of
influencing factors, analysis of the current situation of SIT under the perspective of
tourism geography - an interdisciplinary, territorial space oriented science.
Stemming from the above reasons, the author chooses the topic “Sea-island
tourism development in Phu Yen province” for research. The research results can
be applied to propose solutions and strategic planning for tourism development in
Phu Yen province in the integration period.
2. Aim
On the basis of an overview of documents and works related to the topic. The
main objective of the dissertation is to evaluate the potentials of the sea-island
tourism; to analyze the current situation of sea-island tourism development in Phu
Yen province; then, to propose orientations and solutions to develop sea-island
tourism of Phu Yen province to 2025 with a vision to 2030.
3. Objectives
To achieve the set goals, the dissertation focuses on solving the following tasks:
- An overview of domestic and foreign studies in order to systematize the
theoretical and practical basis of sea-island tourism;
- Determining criteria to evaluate the development of sea - island tourism in Phu
Yen province;
- Evaluating factors affecting the development of SIT in Phu Yen province;
- Analysing the current situation of SIT in Phu Yen province;
- Proposing orientations and some solutions to develop football tourism in Phu
Yen province to 2025 with a vision to 2030.
4. Objects of the research
- Object of the research is the tourism resources to develop Phu Yen sea-island
tourism;
- Objects of investigation: tourists, authorities, local residents, tourism service
businesses, experts, relevant state management units in tourism in the province.
5. Scope of the research
- Content: Focusing on studying factors affecting the development of SIT in Phu
Yen province, in which, focusing deeply on sea-island tourism resources;
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Analysing the current situation of SIT development in Phu Yen province in terms
of geography. By industry, it is based on criteria (tourists, tourism revenue, tourism
technical infrastructure, ...). By territory, we focus on a number of forms of tourism
territory organizations: SIT sites, SIT routes.
- Territory: Phu Yen province. The dissertation focuses on the scope of the
research on administrative units with potential for sea-island tourism such as: Dong
Hoa district-level town, Tuy Hoa city, Tuy An district and Song Cau district-level
town.
- Time: Focusing on research in the period 2009 - 2019; primary data surveyed
and investigated in 2019; forecast time to 2025, vision to 2030.
6. Literature review
6.1. In the world
Pirojnik II said that: "Tourism is a clearly resource-oriented industry", the
author group CA Gunn: Designing Tourist Regions introduced a model of the
tourism system and a process, specifically derived from the case of recreation
planning for the Michigan peninsula. Gunn is also the editor of "Tourism Planning:
Basics, Concepts, Cases"; C.M. Hall considers the issue of territorial planning in
relation to the tourism development policy of the country and regions at the lower
level.
The research works on the SIT include the work "Island tourism: management
principles and practice". From a topical perspective, in the work "Tourism,
Globalization and Development" refers to issues related to tourism territory in the
context of globalization; "Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and
Management". Mark Orams of the Center for Tourism Studies at Massey
University, Albany, New Zealand said that the sea creates many opportunities for
recreational and tourism purposes; The book “Climate change And Island and
Croastal Vulnerability” by Sundaresan et al., the authors assessed the increasing
risks from climate change in coastal communities; the book “Community
integration: Island tourism in Peru” by R.E Mitchell, D.G Reid - Annals of tourism
research; The book "Tourism and development in tropical islands: political ecology
perspectives" mentions that political ecology is a powerful tool for investigating
the role and interests of different parties.
In the report, Global Trends in Coastal Tourism by Martha Honey and David
Krantz, on the basis of analysis and providing tools for research and development
of sustainable tourism, analyzed current trends as well as tested hypotheses about
the driver programs behind marine and coastal tourism activities.
6.2. In Vietnam
- In the whole country:
+ From the perspective of SIT development planning, there are works: "Master
plan on economic development of Vietnam's sea, coastal areas and islands up to
2010" chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Investment; or "Project on
development of tourism and coastal areas until 2020" and the book "Strategy for
development of tourism in Vietnam to 2020 and vision to 2030; Relating to the
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directions of economic development of marine and island tourism in a sustainable
way, Le Duc To has the study "Scientific arguments on the model of ecological
economic development on a number of islands and island clusters selected for
Vietnam's coastal regions"; Research on "Some breakthrough solutions to develop
coastal and marine tourism" and "Strategy for tourism development to 2020 with a
vision to 2030" approved by the Prime Minister in Decision 2473/QD-TTg , dated
December 30, 2011, determining the priority direction of tourism development
associated with sea and island.
+ The Institute of Geography, as one of the units that research and evaluate
resources for socio-economic development of sea-island areas, has also actively
participated in national research programs. Those are the works “Assessment of
natural conditions, natural resources and socio-economic conditions of coastal
island systems in the marine economic development strategy” in 1995 and “Theory
and methodology of assessment of natural conditions and resources for the purpose
of socio-economic development in coastal island districts of Vietnam”; Project
"Development of sea-island tourism and coastal areas until 2020" of the Ministry
of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 2013; the topic “Research on building sea and
island tourism products in Northern tourism region”; Uong Dinh Khanh, Institute
of Geography with the project "The potential for tourism development of the
coastal island system of Vietnam" has assessed the potential in terms of nature,
humanity, infrastructure and tourism types of the system of coastal islands.
- In Phu Yen: “Phu Yen - Potential for development of SIT”; The topic "Basis
for learning and implementing development of marine tourism products in Xuan
Dai Bay and its vicinity"; In the Decision No. 2127 / QD-TTg dated December 29,
2017 of the Prime Minister approving the "Master plan on development of the
National Tourism Area of Xuan Dai Bay, Phu Yen province to 2030", this is also a
necessary document for research process of Phu Yen sea-island tourism.
The above-mentioned works help the author to orientate in the research on the
current situation of tourism development, especially the system of methods to be
implemented when assessing tourism resources and services of coastal localities in
Phu Yen province.
7. Viewpoints and research methods
To carry out this dissertation, the author uses 5 points of view and 7 methods,
which are Territorial perspective; General view; System view; Historical
perspective view; Ecological perspective and sustainable development; Research
methods: Methods of collecting, analyzing and synthesizing documents; Statistical
methods; Field survey method; Professional method; Methods of sociological
investigation; Mapping and GIS methods; Synthetic scoring method.
8. The approach
To evaluate the development of sea-island tourism, the thesis approaches in the
following directions: approach to tourism resources; approach by tourist area;
approach with the participation of stakeholders and approach from the perspective
of tourism supply and demand.
