TTLV: Exploiting culinary culture to serve tourism development in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Le Ngoc Quynh Mai 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 2, 1986 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2119/QD/XHNV-SDH dated November 1, 2011 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:“Exploiting culinary culture to serve tourism development in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi”.

8. Major: Tourism Studies

9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Pham Hung - Lecturer, Faculty of Tourism Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of thesis results:

-Systematize culinary issues, culinary culture, exploit culinary culture in tourism.

- Draw lessons on exploiting culinary culture in tourism development from domestic and foreign tourist destinations.

- Investigate the current status of food and beverage business in Hoan Kiem district, evaluate the satisfaction of tourists as well as the ability to provide food and beverage services of units through distributing survey forms to solicit customer opinions. The author has assessed the current status of culinary tourism activities in Hoan Kiem district; processed the data, and drawn out the successes and limitations of exploiting culinary tourism activities.

- The author has assessed the current status of tourism activities, culinary tourism and proposed some basic solutions with the hope that culinary tourism activities will be exploited effectively and can develop in the coming years.

11. Practical applicability: The topic has proposed a number of specific solutions for application in developing culinary tourism activities in Hoan Kiem district in particular and Hanoi in general.

12. Further research directions: In-depth research on solutions to support the development of tourism activities exploiting culinary culture in Hoan Kiem district in particular and Hanoi in general, contributing to the preservation and sustainable development of Hanoi's culinary culture, making Hanoi's culinary tourism a type of tourism that attracts the attention of domestic and international tourists.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Mai Le Ngoc Quynh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 02^ndOctober 1986 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2119/QD/ XHNV-SĐH Dated 01Nov. 2011 University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:“Developing Culinary Culture for Tourism in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.”

8. Major: Faculty of Tourism Studies

9. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hung Nguyen Pham.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

-Systematize facts and problems related to cuisine and culinary culture as well as the use of culinary culture in tourism.

- Draw lessons on using culinary culture in the development of tourism from domestic and international tourist destinations.

- Investigate the situation of food businesses in Hoan Kiem District, assess tourists' satisfaction and the ability to provide the food services by conducting surveys to analyze customers' opinions. The author has evaluated the situation of culinary tourism activities in Hoan Kiem District, processed the data, and drawn the successes and limitations of developing culinary tourism.

- Assess the situation of tourism and culinary tourism, offer some basic solutions with an aim of effectively using and developing culinary tourism activities in the coming years

11. The possibility of practical application: The thesis offers some specific solutions which can be applied to the development of culinary tourism activities in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi in particular and in Vietnam in general.

12. The ability of conducting next researches: In-depth study of solutions to support tourism activities by developing culinary culture in Hoan Kiem District in particular and in Hanoi in general, contributing to the preservation and sustainable development of the Hanoi culinary culture, helping Hanoi culinary tourism become an attractive kind of tourism to both domestic and international tourists.