Factors Affecting Tourism Development: A Case Study of Southern Red River Delta, Vietnam

Dang Thi Thuy Duyen¹ and Le Minh Thoa^2,

¹Faculty of Economics, Banking Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam

²Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Management, Thuyloi University, Vietnam

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Dang Thi Thuy Duyen and Le Minh Thoa. Factors Affecting Tourism Development: A Case Study of Southern Red River Delta, Vietnam. Journal of Business and Management Sciences. 2021; 9(1):31-35. doi: 10.12691/JBMS-9-1-4

Abstract

Tourism development plays an important role in promoting the socio-economic development in most countries. In particular, the development of tourism is the basis for promoting other economic sectors. After more than 30 years of innovation, the economy of Provinces in southern Red River Delta has got profound changes which are partly contributed by tourism industry. The paper uses a panel data regression model to analyze the factors affecting tourist attraction in 3 southern provinces of the Red River Delta (Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh) in the period 2005-2016. The research results show that there are 5 factors that positively affect and increase tourist arrivals including: Telecommunication infrastructure (Internet variable), Tourism infrastructure (ROOM variable), Recovery services of tourism workers (LABOR variable), ancillary services (MEDfacility variable) and Time factor (t variable). Then the author proposes a number of recommendations to improve the quality of the above impact factors, thereby attracting more tourists to localities in the region.

Keywords

regression model, tourism attraction, Red River Delta

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