Dr. Hyejin Park, a Korean Tourism and Hotel Management lecturer at RMIT University in HCMC, said shopping is a driving force in foreign exchange earnings and can be used to rake in more tourist dollars by diversifying the nation’s selection of tourist attractions.
According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, shopping tourism generated a combined total of US$178.2 billion in earnings across the globe in 2019, representing 6% of travel and tourism (T&T)’s direct contribution to world GDP.
