TTLV: Research on developing traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa

1. Student's full name: Truong Thi Xuan Nhi 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 5, 1986

4. Place of birth: Ninh Hoa - Khanh Hoa

5. Decision on recognition of students No.: 1698/QD-XHNV dated: July 11, 2017

of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process: Extend the study period by 1 year

7. Thesis topic: Research on developing traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa

8. Major: Tourism; Code: TD

9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Vu Anh Tu - Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis "Research on the development of traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa" has the following results:

• The thesis has initially systematized the research problem and generalized some related concepts.such as festivals, traditional festivals, festival tourism, the role of festivals in tourism developmentasprinciples of festival tourism development, content of festival exploitation for tourism,…
• Overview of natural and human conditions for tourism development in Khanh Hoa province as well as the potential and current status of exploiting traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa province, especially in the 3 years 2017-2019.
• Based on both qualitative and quantitative practical surveys as well as synthesizing existing sources of information, the thesis analyzed and evaluated the participation of tourists in festival tourism, the organization of businesses in the province, and the management of competent authorities in traditional festival tourism activities, thereby pointing out the achievements and weaknesses that need to be overcome in the development of traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa.
• Based on the current status of traditional festival tourism development as well as the development orientation of this type of tourism in Khanh Hoa, the thesis has initially proposed a number of groups of solutions to overcome weaknesses as well as promote strengths in organizing traditional festival tourism activities in Khanh Hoa.

11. Practical application:

• The thesis is used as a reference document for tourism businesses operating in Khanh Hoa province in particular and tourism businesses exploiting tourism products in Khanh Hoa in general.
• The thesis has reference significance for policy planning for tourism development and the issue of preserving and promoting traditional cultural values ​​in local socio-economic development.
• The thesis is used as a reference for teaching and learning about tourism at training institutions.

12. Further research directions:

13. The published works related to the thesis:

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Truong Thi Xuan Nhi 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 5^thNovember 1986 4. Place of birth: Ninh Hoa – Khanh Hoa

5. Admission decision number: 1698/QD-XHNV Dated on 11st July 2017 by The Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University (VNU - USSH)

6. Changes in academic process: Extend to 1 year

7. Official thesis title: Researching for developing traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa province

8. Major: Tourism Code: TD

9. Supervisors: Ph.D. Vu Anh Tu – Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Art Studies

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has systematized research issues, generalized some related concepts such as festivals, traditional festivals, festive tourism, and the role of festivals in tourism development, the principles of developing festive tourism, content of exploiting festivals in tourism, ...

- Overview of the natural and cultural conditions for tourism development of Khanh Hoa, of potential and reality of tourism exploitation of traditional festivals in Khanh Hoa in 3 years 2017-2019

- Based on the practical surveys on both qualitative and quantitative and synthesis of available data, the thesis analyzes and evaluates the participation in traditional tourism festivals by tourists, on the organization of the tourism businesses in the province, on the management of authorities for the traditional festival tourism, from there, point the achieved results and weaknesses to be overcome in the development of traditional festival tourism in Khanh Hoa.

- Based on the actual development of traditional festival tourism as well as the development orientation of this type of tourism in Khanh Hoa, the thesis proposes the groups of solution to overcome weaknesses, to promote strengths in the organization of traditional festival tourism activities.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

- The thesis is used as a reference for tourism businesses in the area of ​​Khanh Hoa province in particular as well as tourism businesses exploiting tourism products in Khanh Hoa in general.

- The thesis has a reference meaning for the policy making of tourism development, conservation and promoting traditional cultural values ​​in the development of economy and society in Khanh Hoa

- The thesis is a monograph for tourism-hotel teaching, learning and scientific research in our educational school.

12. Further research directions, if any:

13. Thesis-related publications: