Abstract
Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam is forecasted to have one of world’s most severe impacts from climate change. There is a big knowledge gap in research on climate change impacts on tourism in this area. While climate change’s impacts on agriculture and fisheries have received much attention from authorities and researchers, impacts on tourism have largely been ignored. This paper presents findings from a field study the authors conducted to fill the research gap on climate change’s impact on tourism in Mekong River Delta. The study based on spatial analysis and questionnaires and interviews of local tourism leaders, tourism businesses and tourists discovered that climate change is a real challenge for region’s tourism businesses. Vulnerable tourism businesses in low and flat delta such as Mekong needs more attention and practical actions from international organizations and local entities in the era of climate change threats.
Highlights
Climate change is one of the most complex challenges in 21st Century and failure to meet this challenge raises the spectre of unprecedented reversals in human development
This paper presents findings from a field study the authors conducted to fill the research gap on climate change’s impact on tourism in Mekong River Delta
The study based on spatial analysis and questionnaires and interviews of local tourism leaders, tourism businesses and tourists discovered that climate change is a real challenge for region’s tourism businesses
Summary
Climate change is one of the most complex challenges in 21st Century and failure to meet this challenge raises the spectre of unprecedented reversals in human development. Tourism industries in these territories are some of the most vulnerable to climate change. Literature on climate change impacts on the tourism sector indicates that there is a big knowledge gap in term of geographic distribution of studies. Effects of climate change on coastal areas are more complicated. They include increase of mean air temperature and sunshine duration (Surugiu & Surugiu, 2012) or warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe extreme weather events (Lewsey, Cid, & Kruse, 2004). Climate change effects on tourism at delta regions such as the Mekong Delta have been given very little attention in scientific literature.
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