TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Since the 1986 initiation of Vietnam’s Đổi Mới economic policies designed to increase national Gross Domestic Product and increase international market competitiveness, the country has undergone drastic changes in infrastructure, industrialization levels, market practices and standards of living. These changes are creating an abundance of unprecedented transformations among the many ethnic minority groups, who are used as a source of tourism revenue due to their unique cultural customs, clothing, and languages that differ from Vietnam’s majority ethnic group, the Kinh. Yet, while these groups are being exoticized for their rich cultural history and practices, they are simultaneously being required to discard many traditional livelihood methods and practices in order to keep up with the swiftly changing economy and social space. Despite these ethnic minority communities being presented as the main attraction in many areas, unequal economic and social distribution compared to areas mainly composed of Kinh can be seen. Similar findings have been discovered across other ethnically diverse areas of the country. Despite flourishing tourism to the region and steady rates of regional growth in gross domestic product, a gender analysis reveals the inequalities that undergird the system. This chapter confirms the impact of tourism on development when gender is not mainstreamed into development planning and implementation.
VL  - 28
SN  - 978-1-83867-388-8, 978-1-83867-387-1/1529-2126
DO  - 10.1108/S1529-212620190000028008
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-212620190000028008
AU  - Đoàn Lúa Xuân
ED  - Marcia Texler Segal
ED  - Kristy Kelly
ED  - Vasilikie Demos
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - A Gender Analysis of Tourism’s Impact on the Livelihoods of H’Mong and Red D’ao Women in Vietnam
T2  - Gender and Practice: Knowledge, Policy, Organizations
T3  - Advances in Gender Research
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 141
EP  - 160
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -