PART 3: RIGHTS AT RISK: KEY CHALLENGES FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM Beyond the human rights impacts of displacement, The industry is also interconnected with other tourism can have other socio-cultural and industries including construction, retail and economic impacts at a local level. These can hospitality and therefore shares the risks of those include the loss of identity and traditional ways industries.75 For many businesses, understanding of living and an increased cost of living for local their role and responsibility in addressing human communities. The cultural rights and linguistic rights issues can be very challenging. Parts 4 and needs of local communities must be taken into 5 of this guide will provide further insight into consideration when engaging people from local how businesses can respond to these challenges. 73 communities in the planning and development of tourism projects. 5. Other challenges for the tourism industry Unlike other industries, such as the apparel The relationship between tourism and human around rights is highly complex, yet the sector’s long-term date. All stakeholders, including government, viability and sustainability relies on embedding industry and civil society, have a role to play in responsible business conduct standards and increasing both the industry’s and rights-holders’ principles. It is important to understand some knowledge, awareness and capacity in relation to of the challenges that the industry is facing and human rights. the risks they create for the realisation of human rights. sector or agriculture, the tourism sector in Vietnam has faced less scrutiny and pressure its human rights performance to Impact of climate change According to the UN World Tourism Organisation, A diverse and complex industry 32 | Lack of human rights knowledge and awareness ’the tourism sector is highly vulnerable to climate Similar to other countries, in Vietnam the tourism change and at the same time contributes to industry is highly diverse, fragmented and the emission of greenhouse gases, which cause complex. It relies heavily on small businesses, global warming. Accelerating climate action in particularly and tourism is therefore of utmost importance for the many businesses outsource services such as resilience of the sector.’76 A tourism industry that cleaning and security.74 This creates significant is not sustainable endangers the rights of those operational and regulatory challenges, especially whose livelihoods depend on tourism, whether for vulnerable people. individuals or communities. in the informal sector,