Sam Son Marine Tourism Adaptation to Climate Change

Abstract

Vietnam has over 3260 kilometers of coastline stretching from the north to the south, bringing the strength of marine tourism and resort tourism. However, many researches have affirmed that the sea level is rising in the century with the main cause of climate change. Vietnam is considered one of the most vulnerable and being negatively impacted by sea level rise. In which Tourism in Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable sectors due to climate change because most of Vietnam's tourism activities depend on available natural resources. Original research current status of climate change impacts on the value of marine tourism resources, infrastructure, tourism technical facilities, tourism products, seasonality, adaptive capacity at a specific beach tourist destination is Sam Son contributing to further clarifying the impact of climate change on marine tourism.

Keywords: Climate change, Adaptation, Marine tourism, Climate impact, Sea Level Rise