The aim of this dissertation was to clarify the rationales for the research and evaluation of tourism resources, bioclimatic conditions for developing tourism in Southern Vietnam, and propose the orientation of developing tourism types in Southern Vietnam on the basis of evaluating tourism resources and bioclimatic conditions. | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION VIETNAM ACADEMY AND TRAINING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ----------------- HOANG THI KIEU OANH Major Physical Geography Code 9 44 02 17 ASSESSMENT TOURISM RESOURCES AND BIOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPING TOURISM IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM SUMMARY OF GEOGRAPHY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Hanoi - 2019 The dissertation has been completed at Graduate University Science and Technology - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Science advisor 1 Prof. Sc Dr. Nguyen Khanh Van Science advisor 2 Assoc . Dang Van Phan Reviewer 1 . Reviewer 2 . Reviewer 3 . The thesis will be defended in Doctoral Committee organized at - Location Graduate University Science and Technology - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology - Time The dissertation can be found at - Library of Graduate University Science and Technology - National Library of Vietnam 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The relevance of the topic The future strategy of Vietnam tourism development predition for 2020 and upto 2030 defines tourism to become spearhead economic sector with the higher percentage of GDP and create dynamics for social economy. The potential of tourism resources of Southern Vietnam is very high. Its geographical position is located in the southern key economic region - the driving force of economic development of the country on the important international route. The Southern Vietnam has 3 10 national tourist cities including 338 national monuments with 13 special national monuments and one world intangible cultural heritage. In particular the Southern Vietnam has a lot of ecosystems with high biodiversity 4 World Biosphere Reserves 6 9 Ramsa World Zones 9 National Parks 7 Biosphere Protected Areas 5 nature reserves 3 species conservation zones. There are also long and beautiful beaches systems of islands on the East and West sides. The climate regime of the Southern Vietnam is favorable for tourism all year round. The annual temperature amplitude is not
