DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN TOURISM PRODUCTS – SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOURISM IN LY SON ISLAND, QUANG NGAI PROVINCE

Abstract

Ly Son has rich natural tourism resources on the island and along the coast, abundant cultural tourism resources, and unique tourism products, making it a place to attract domestic and foreign tourists. However, up to present, the quick process of tourism development on Ly Son Island has caused great impacts on the environment and natural landscape. The article aims to identify priority green tourism products to meet the requirements of sustainable tourism development on Ly Son Island. Groups of method were used to gather documents, including analysis, data processing, documentation, field survey, sociological study, in-depth interview, and expert method. As a consequence, four green tourism products of the island district have been discovered, including Ly Son geopark tourism; traveling to experience the blue sea; green experience travel "1 day as a citizen of Garlic Kingdom"; cultural tourism to the sea and islands associated with national sovereignty. Developing green tourism is the solution to help increase the number of tourists with high spending, a sense of responsibility, and civilized actions when participating in tourism to meet the goal of sustainable tourism development for Ly Son Island.