1. The necessity of the thesis
Tourism is a rapidly growing industry and has become one of the
leading economies of many localities and countries in the world nowadays.
In Vietnam, the Party and State affirmed the objective of developing
tourism into a spearhead economic sector of the country, promulgating a
number of guidelines, policies, orientations and consistent solutions
throughout the years to achieve this goal.
With its geographic location and diverse potentials, especially special
human tourism resources, it is associated with the cultural heritages of the
Hung Vuong (in which two heritages recognized by UNESCO as the
intangible cultural heritage of mankind.), and many natural tourism
resources, Phu Tho has many advantages and conditions for tourism
development.
In recent years, Phu Tho has made efforts to develop tourism with
the goal of making tourism become a spearhead economic sector of the
province and has achieved certain results. However, the development of
tourism in Phu Tho is not commensurate with its potential and still has
many limitations. In particular, tourism activities in Phu Tho province are
showing some issues from the perspective of sustainable development: the
growth of the tourism industry is not strong, not catching and taking
advantage of good opportunities of comprehensive integration of Vietnam
with the world economy; Tourism activities cause much negative impact
on tourism resources, natural and society environment, to the preservation
and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural values; Some negative
externalities from tourism to the community. The limitations and
weaknesses directly affect on tourism development in Phu Tho province
both in the immediate as well as in the long term. Faced with that situation,
the research topic "Sustainable tourism development in Phu Tho
Province" was chosen to be really meaningful both in theory and practice
