PhD thesis information: Participation of local people in community tourism development in Nghe An province.

1. Full name of PhD student: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh        2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: December 10, 1984 4. Place of birth: Nghe An

5. Decision to recognize PhD students: No. 2775/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 31, 2020 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities

6. Changes in the training process (if any): Extension of study period from 12/2024 to 12/2025

7. Thesis topic name:Participation of local people in community tourism development in Nghe An province.

8. Major: Tourism 9. Code: 9810101.01

10. Scientific instructors: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Van Hanh, Dr. Trinh Le Anh

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- The thesis develops a way to evaluate local people's participation in community tourism development through specific participation behaviors.

-The thesis has built a research model with 4 hypotheses related to the relationship between factors: awareness of positive impacts of tourism, awareness of negative impacts of tourism, experience in participating in tourism activities, attachment to the community with the participation of local people in community tourism development.

- The thesis has identified the current situation and evaluated the participation of local people through specific participation behaviors at DLCĐ destinations in Western Nghe An.

- The thesis has proposed a suitable model to determine the trends in which factors affect the participation of local people in community tourism development from the case study of Nghe An province.

- The thesis has proposed some recommendations with implications for stakeholders to encourage local people's participation in community tourism development in Nghe An.

12. Further research directions: research on barriers to local people's participation in community tourism development, research on conflicts between stakeholders at community tourism sites, research on the impact of local people's participation on conflicts between stakeholders at community tourism sites...

13. Publications related to the thesis:

1. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh (2021), “Local community participation in tourism development”,Proceedings of the TED-2021 International Scientific Conference - "Culture, Education and Tourism for Economic Development", Information and Communication Publishing House, pp.1025-1032, ISBN: 978-604-80-5756-5.

2. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh, Nguyen Thi Van Hanh (2023), “Assessing the level of residents's participation in community tourism development: case of Nghe An, Vietnam", ICE-2023,Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics,Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, pp.737-747, ISBN: 978-604-346-165-7.

3. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh, Trinh Le Anh (2024), “Local residents's involvement in tourism development”,Enhancing Cooperation to Promote Sustainable Tourism in Response to Climate Change, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and Artificial Intelligence, International Scientific Conference Processdings. Nam Can Tho University, pp.134-144, ISBN: 978-604-965-871-06.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 10^thDecember 1984

4. Place of birth: Nghe An

5. Amission decision number2775/QD-XHNVdated 31^thDecember 2020 by VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities

6. Changes in academic process:Extend the training period from December 2024 to December 2025 

7. Official thesis title:Resident's participation in community tourism development in Nghe An province

8. Major: Tourism

9. Code:9810101.01

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Van Hanh, Dr. Trinh Le Anh

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

- The thesis proposes a method for assessing the engagement of local inhabitants in community tourism development by examining certain participation behaviors.
- The thesis creates a research model with four hypotheses about the relationship between factors: awareness of tourism's positive and negative impacts, experience participation in community tourism activities, community attachment to local people's participation in community tourism development.

- The thesis evaluates the current situation and evaluates local people's engagement levels at community tourism sites in Nghe An utilizing various participation behaviors.

- Based on a case study in Nghe An province, the thesis proposed an adequate model for detecting trends in factors impacting local people's participation in community tourism development.

- The thesis presents several recommendations for stakeholders to promote resident's participation in community tourism development in Nghe An province.

1. Further research directions:Barriers to local participation in community tourism development, stakeholder conflicts at tourist attractions, and the impact of local engagement on stakeholder disputes at community tourism sites.

2. Thesis-related publications

3. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh (2021), “A systematic review of residents' participation in tourism development”,Proceedings of the TED-2021 International Scientific Conference - “Culture, Education and Tourism with Economic Development”, Information and Communication Publishing House, pp.1025-1032, ISBN: 978-604-80-5756-5.

4. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh, Nguyen Thi Van Hanh (2023), “Assessing the level of residents's participation in community tourism development: case of Nghe An, Vietnam”, ICE-2023,Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics,Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, pp. 737-747, ISBN: 978-604-346-165-7.

5. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh, Trinh Le Anh (2024), “Local residents's involvement in tourism development”,Enhancing Cooperation to Promote Sustainable Tourism in Response to Climate Change, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and Artificial Intelligence, International Scientific Conference Processdings. Nam Can Tho University, pp.134-144, ISBN: 978-604-965-871-06