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Figure 2. The relationship between tourism development towards green growth,
green economy and sustainable development

Source: Nguyen Anh Tuan, et al. (2022). Developing Vietnam tourism towards

green growth. Single book. Hanoi National University Publishing House
Developing tourism towards green growth based on 03 main pillars:
(1) Economics: Ensuring stable tourism growth, in-depth growth, aiming at
quality; planning, managing, exploiting and using tourism resources reasonably;
effectively using resources for tourism development, saving energy, increasing the use

of renewable energy, clean fuels, new materials; producing, trading and consuming
green tourism products.
(2) Environment: Developing tourism associated with preserving the values of
tourism resources; reducing greenhouse gas emissions, minimizing environmental
pollution in tourism activities; enhancing resilience, adaptability and minimizing the
negative impacts of climate change on the tourism industry.
(3) Society: Creating jobs and sustainable livelihoods for the community;
people benefit from tourism values; forming a green lifestyle and a civilized, friendly

tourism environment; preserving traditional cultural values.
Based on the above viewpoints, the research team determined: “Developing
tourism in a green economy is the method to implement green tourism towards the goal
of sustainable tourism”. With this definition and referring to Figure 2, it can be seen
that: A green economy is only formed when its component economic sectors achieve
“green”, including “green tourism”. In other words, green tourism is in the green

economy, therefore, developing tourism in a green economy is the method to continue
implementing and developing green tourism, towards the highest goal of sustainable
tourism. Basically, the methods to implement green tourism include: (1) Developing
green tourism products; (2) Developing green tourism destinations; (3) Consuming
green tourism; (4) Managing green tourism; (5) Investing in green tourism. The nature
of these 5 methods already includes the meaning of "green", thus ensuring the effective

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