Tourism is widely considered a green industry because it causes relatively little pollution while having the potential to generate high economic returns. It plays an important role as a comprehensive economic sector by creating employment, generating income, and promoting the development of related industries. It also helps preserve culture, protect the environment, enhance spiritual well-being, and strengthen exchanges and friendship among countries. Furthermore, tourism is an effective instrument for promoting a country’s image to the international community. Vietnam, Indonesia, and Bangladesh possess many beautiful natural landscapes and long-standing traditional cultures, which provide favorable conditions for tourism development. However, tourism development in ethnic minority areas currently faces several challenges. These include uneven profit distribution, the commercialization of traditional values, and insufficient attention to the voices of local communities. From a political economy perspective, this research proposes economic and policy-oriented solutions with the aim of supporting stronger and more equitable cultural tourism development in these countries.
Tourism is widely considered a green industry because it causes relatively little pollution while having the potential to generate high economic returns. It plays an important role as a comprehensive economic sector by creating employment, generating income, and promoting the development of related industries. It also helps preserve culture, protect the environment, enhance spiritual well-being, and strengthen exchanges and friendship among countries. Furthermore, tourism is an effective instrument for promoting a country’s image to the international community. Vietnam, Indonesia, and Bangladesh possess many beautiful natural landscapes and long-standing traditional cultures, which provide favorable conditions for tourism development. However, tourism development in ethnic minority areas currently faces several challenges. These include uneven profit distribution, the commercialization of traditional values, and insufficient attention to the voices of local communities. From a political economy perspective, this research proposes economic and policy-oriented solutions with the aim of supporting stronger and more equitable cultural tourism development in these countries.
