Information on the doctoral dissertation: Local people's participation in community tourism development in Nghe An province.

1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh        2. Gender: Female

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

5. Decision on admitting doctoral students: No. 2775/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 31, 2020, of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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

7. Thesis title:Local people's participation in community-based tourism development in Nghe An province.

8. Major: Tourism 9. Code: 9810101.01

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

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- This thesis develops a method for assessing the participation of local people in community tourism development through specific participation behaviors.

ButThe thesis developed a research model with four hypotheses related to the relationship between the factors: perception of the positive impacts of tourism, perception of the negative impacts of tourism, experience participating in tourism activities, and community engagement with the participation of local people in community tourism development.

- The thesis identified the current situation and assessed the participation of local people through specific participation behaviors at community-based tourism destinations in western Nghe An province.

- The thesis proposed a suitable model to identify trends in factors influencing local people's participation in community tourism development, based on a case study of Nghe An province.

- The thesis has proposed several recommendations with implications for stakeholders to encourage local people's participation in community-based 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 destinations, research on the impact of local people's participation on conflicts between stakeholders at community tourism destinations…

13. Publications related to the dissertation:

1. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh (2021), “Local community participation in tourism development”,Proceedings of the TED-2021 International Scientific Conference - “Culture, Education and Tourism in relation to Economic Development”, Information and Communications 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 the 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 analyzed the current situation and assessed 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