Tourism is a multifaceted phenomenon which involving with the movement and staying when travel outside of visitors. It could be said that Tourism is a resourceoriented industry and has a close relationship with many economic sectors including Hospitality and Travel Businesses. This relationship will play an important role in economic development of a country. This paper will discuss on the connection between Tourism and Hospitality as well as Tourism with Travel Business to prove the cohesive nature of International Tourism, Hospitality and Travel Businesses based on the reality case in Vietnam.
Essay: You are required to prepare an essay on: The Cohesive Nature of International Tourism, Hospitality and Travel Businesses Tourism is a multi-faceted phenomenon which involving with the movement and staying when travel outside of visitors It could be said that Tourism is a resource-oriented industry and has a close relationship with many economic sectors including Hospitality and Travel Businesses This relationship will play an important role in economic development of a country This paper will discuss on the connection between Tourism and Hospitality as well as Tourism with Travel Business to prove the cohesive nature of International Tourism, Hospitality and Travel Businesses based on the reality case in Vietnam According to economists at the United Nations Economic and Social Council, a country can develop Tourism steadily if it can produce wealth that could serve for this sector Most of economic sectors are involved in providing and promoting tourism development, so if you have to import most equipment and goods to build facilities for tourists, then profits from tourism will fall into the hands of foreign capitalists Thus, developed countries which have ability to produce international standard material will have favorable conditions to develop tourism as well as Hospitality and Travel Business (Nguyễn Văn Đính, Trần Thị Minh Hồ, 2004) Tourism including not just places, transport and journey, but also involving in many entertainment venues, such as: bars and restaurants or food production, waste disposal, and the infrastructure that supports tourism in destinations (Tapper, R., Font, X , 2004) These services are given by different companies, organizations and agents that constitute the tourism service supply chain (Hu, X., Tang, Y., 2008) Bardgett (2000) explained that tourism comprises the activities of person travelling to and staying places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for business and other purposes The confusion of the terminologies between tourism, travel and hospitality could deceive researchers Figure below will describe the relationship between the tourism, hospitality and travel industries Services provided by the hospitality and travel industry are apart from tourism purpose Moreover, there are also non tourist customers in both the hospitality industry and the travel industry Precisely, it can be identified the activities in the tourism industry by considering whether they serve tourist (Piboonrungroj, P., Disney, S M., 2009) Firstly, Tourism is evaluated as a cross - sectoral economy which related to many economic sectors including transportation or travel business When mentioning about the development of tourism, one of the fundamental factors is transportation development Tourism and transportation have an intimate relationship that cannot be separated from one to another, which is complementary to the other and vice versa Along with the development of tourism industry, transportation has to change in order to meet the increasing demand of people in general and of tourists in particular Transport sector has an enormous impact on the tourism industry The quality of the tourist's roads is favorable condition for the development of tourism For good travel destinations, it is easy for tourists to travel on the car to encourage motivation for tourism development For difficult roads, this will hinder tourism To the quality of the means of transporting tourists, when traveling, tourists tend to consume with higher quality than usual, so they require high services to meet the demand Today, transportation quality must be safe, comfortable and fast The impact of traffic could affect on the travel itineraries of tourists; it can create good impression or bad for travel Therefore, the travel business requires careful to study carefully the length of the journey, the route of the trip, the chosen route to suit the quality of roads, ensuring the safety of guests, choosing the appropriate transport service In Vietnam, transportation has some significant contribution to the development of tourism which is reflected through the upgrading of the road infrastructure system, railway station, dock, air routes, and many new markets Network system and means of transportation by sea, river is constantly invested to provide good travel and transportation services From 2012, Vietnam Prime Minister approved many strategies involving these two branches with the aim to develop tourism This coordination will help to improve the integration and competitiveness of infrastructure as well as service quality Based on that, Vietnam’s tourism will be developed in professionalism, modern, safe, effective, ensuring the sustainable development of Vietnam tourism brand or solving many problems affecting tourism activities Through the cooperation between the two sectors will promote the socialization, mobilization of investment resources and potential strength of the country According to the content of those strategies, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall have responsibility to provide and exchange the information on the deployment of tourist events in current or future so that the Ministry of Communications and Transport can prepare plans that are synchronous and unified Tourism and functional units of the culture, sports and tourism sector will promote the propaganda, dissemination, guidance and education of traffic safety and many important laws for tourists when visiting Vietnam, directing tourist enterprises to observe traffic and transport law as well as encouraging tourist enterprises to invest in modern works and means of transport for specialized transportation and accommodation Those two sectors will cooperate in training and fostering legal knowledge on traffic for tour guides team and service providers, improving reception knowledge for officials and employees in the travel industry and ensuring courteous behaviors for tourists The Ministry of Transport will actively provide the tourism industry information which related to development of infrastructure and transportation services in order to create favorable conditions for partner to develop sustainable tourism, ensuring safety for visitors In the road sector, the sector will focus on investment in transport infrastructure linking with national highways to national parks and resorts; promoting the development of stopovers on national highways, meeting the needs of tourists, introducing local products and souvenirs to tourists Those two sectors will implement road transport agreements; bring out many policies to create favorable conditions for visitors to bring road transport vehicles into Vietnam for tourism purposes By air, the transport sector will strengthen the link between key domestic tourist and international destination and increase the frequency of airport operations during peak periods of travel; expansion and modernization of airport facilities, terminals and ground service and air transport services The cooperation between the two sectors also focuses on upgrading the operation of rail and sea services to bring best services for visitors when coming to Vietnam Particularly, it promotes the development of the seaport service in receiving international tourist ships etc (Nhandan, 2012 ) The hospitality is relatively dependent on tourism resources Wherever there are a lot of tourism resources, tourism attractiveness and high tourism receipt, it will decide on the scale and type of business of the hotel Thereby, it also determines the business efficiency of the hotel This is a very distinct feature for other types of services, because other services, they not need to pay much attention to tourism resources It is known that tourism resources are a precondition for people to travel First a hotel that wants to attract visitors, it must be located at a tourist destination, there may be a lot of hotels to be built, a hotel that attracts visitors must unique, harmonious with the surrounding landscape, if the ancient features, the interior must also be full of modern facilities to meet the high requirements of tourists According to the newest information provided at the "Conference on Investment and Hotel Business in Vietnam 2017" by Vietnam Tourism Association, Vietnam Hotel Association, Hospitality occupies 70% of tourism revenue At present, the total number of tourism accommodation facilities rooms increased from 69 thousand rooms in 2001 to 420 thousand rooms in 2016 And so far there are more than 21 thousand tourism accommodations facilities have appeared which are more diverse, apart from hotels, motels, such as resort hotels, tourist apartments, tourist villas, etc Those have contributed to bring Vietnam's hotel system on a par with other developed countries in the region Especially large scale of tourism accommodations facilities are invested in tourism centers and coastal areas in Nha Trang, Mui Ne (Phan Thiet - Binh Thuan), Phu Quoc, Ha Noi, Ha Long, Hue, Da Nang City, Hoi An, HCM city etc And business efficiency of tourism accommodations facilities system is accounted for about 70% turnover of the tourism industry in Vietnam In conclusion, the tourism industry is a spearhead economic sector which brings many benefits to a country, such as: big source of foreign exchange, bringing the country’s culture to the world and receives the cultural values through the foreign tourists Parallel to the development of tourism is the development of infrastructure, especially traffic Only when traffic is of high quality to ensure safety and security will attract domestic and foreign tourists Upgrading traffic infrastructure, reducing traffic jams, developing and expanding airports, opening new routes not only meaningful for the development of tourism but also worthy of the face of a country In contrast, in order to attract tourists to visit, the transportation industry have to improve to meet the needs of tourists In addition, it is necessary to complete institutional policies on investment, create incentive mechanisms and conditions to attract investors; To reserve the land fund for the construction of tourism accommodations facilities according to the planning, publicize the planning on tourism accommodations facilities development in the locality in each period so as to contribute to the system of hotels on a par with other developed countries in the region So the relationship among transport, tourism and hospitality is a close relationship, interacting with one another to help one another develop together REFERENCES Hu, X., Tang, Y (2008) Integrated tourism service supply chain management: concept and operation process Kinh doanh khách sạn gì? 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International Journal of Hospitality Management Tapper, R., Font, X (2004) Tourism supply chain: Report of a desk research project for the travel foundation ...between tourism, travel and hospitality could deceive researchers Figure below will describe the relationship between the tourism, hospitality and travel industries Services provided by the hospitality. .. and high tourism receipt, it will decide on the scale and type of business of the hotel Thereby, it also determines the business efficiency of the hotel This is a very distinct feature for other... careful to study carefully the length of the journey, the route of the trip, the chosen route to suit the quality of roads, ensuring the safety of guests, choosing the appropriate transport service