THESIS INFORMATION
COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN REGION OF THANH HOA PROVINCE
1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Lan
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: October 4, 1988
4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5. Decision to recognize student No. 2119 dated November 1, 2011, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Thesis title: Community-based tourism development in the western region of Thanh Hoa province
7. Major: Tourism Studies
8. Scientific supervisors:Dr. Tran Thi Mai Hoa
9. Summary of the thesis results:
- Overview of the theoretical and practical foundations of community-based tourism development.
- The system of conditions for the development of community-based tourism in the western region of Thanh Hoa province.
- Investigating and assessing the current state of community-based tourism development at several representative locations (Ben En National Park, Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Cam Luong tourist area).
- Developing short-term and long-term solutions for the development of community-based tourism in western Thanh Hoa province.
- Proposals and recommendations are proposed to support the development of community-based tourism in the locality.
10. Practical applications:
- This research may have contributed to the province's tourism policy planning, particularly in preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic minorities in the western region to support community-based tourism activities for local socio-economic development.
- The solutions proposed in this study can be applied to guide tourism development in the region in the coming years.
- This work serves as a valuable reference source for related scientific disciplines.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
COMMUNITY – BASED TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN REGION OF THANH HOA PROVICE
1. Full name:Nguyen Thi Lan.
2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: OCT, 4th, 1988
4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5. Admission decision number: 2119/2011/QD/XHNV Dated: Nov,1th, 2011
By rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.
6. Official thesis title: “Community – based tourism development in the western region of Thanh Hoa province”.
7. Major: Faculties of Tourism Studies; Code: Pilot education program
8. Supervisor:Tran Thi Mai Hoa Ph.D
9. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
- Making literature review on community – based tourism development
- Outlining conditions for development of CBT in the western region of Thanh Hoa province.
- Investigating current situation of CBT in Ben En National Park, Pu Luong Natural Protected Area and Cam Luong tourism site; providing overall assessment on CBT of the research area.
- Seggesting short – term and long – term solutions for CBT development in the western region of Thanh Hoa provice.
- Making recommendations to support CBT development of the research area.
10. Practical applicability, if any:
- This research contributes to the toursim policy – making, with a view to especially in preservation and promotion of the cultural identity of ethnic regions in the western region, in order to support community tourism and develop economic - local society.
- The solutions given could be applied for tourism development of the region in the future.
- The thesis is a source of reference value for related scientific researches.
