Facebook:@ www.facebook.com/ S Á C H – T À I L I Ệ U T H I T U Y Ể N Trang 1 GRADUATION THESIS Major: International Business Economics REGIONAL INTRA TOURISM MARKET IN ASEAN AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AEC: PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR VIETNAM Facebook:@ www.facebook.com/ S Á C H – T À I L I Ệ U T H I T U Y Ể N Trang 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.........................................................................................i LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................ii LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................... iii INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ABOUT REGIONAL INTRA TOURISM.........................................................................................................5 1.1. Basic concepts related to regional tourism market.............................................5 1.1.1. Definitions of tourism ..................................................................................5 1.1.2. Definitions of regional tourism....................................................................7 1.1.3. Definition of regional tourism market .........................................................7 1.1.4. Definitions and classifications of tourists....................................................8 1.2. Demand tourism in theoretical aspects...............................................................8 1.2.1. Demand tourism in Maslow theory..............................................................8 1.2.2. Gravity framework.....................................................................................11 1.3. Determinants to build up regional intra tourism market ..................................12 1.3.1. Demand of regional tourism market..........................................................12 1.3.2. Supply of regional tourism market ............................................................13 1.4. Factors affecting to regional tourism market....................................................13 1.4.1. Factors affecting to supply of regional tourism market ............................13 1.4.2. Factors affecting to demand of regional tourism market ..........................19 1.5. The impacts of regional economic integration on the intra – regional tourism ........................................................................................................................21 1.5.1. Levels of regional economic integration ...................................................21 Facebook:@ www.facebook.com/ S Á C H – T À I L I Ệ U T H I T U Y Ể N Trang 3 1.5.2. Influences of regional economic integration on the intra – regional tourism 23 1.6. Experiences of developing regional intra tourism market................................27 CHAPTER 2: STATUS QUO AND PERSPECTIVES OF ASEAN’S INTRA – REGIONAL TOURISM MARKET IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AEC ESTABLISHMENT.....................................................................................................30 2.1. Overview about the AEC..................................................................................30 2.1.1. Background about the AEC .......................................................................30 2.1.2. Characteristics and goals of the AEC .......................................................30 2.2. Reasons considering regional tourism as a priority compared with other kinds of tourism ..........................................................................................................33 2.2.1. Growth of GDP and economic similarity of AMS .....................................33 2.2.2. Cultures of nations in ASEAN...................................................................36 2.3. Situation of regional tourism market in ASEAN