1. Student's full name: DANG THI OANH 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: May 15, 1972
4. Place of birth: Lai Chau
5. Decision on student admission No. 4420/2019-QD-XHNV dated November 26, 2019, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis title: “Developing unique tourism products based on the cultural and ecological space of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province”
8. Major: Tourism; 9. Code: 8810101
10. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thuy Anh, Faculty of Tourism Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
11. Summary of the thesis results:
- This thesis describes, researches, and analyzes the cultural and ecological space of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province. From this, it points out and affirms that this cultural space is a unique tourism resource that can be exploited to build and develop distinctive tourism products to serve the local tourism development.
- The thesis surveyed and evaluated the unique tourism products of Bat Xat and the conditions related to developing these unique tourism products by exploiting the cultural and ecological space of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat (accessibility to the destination, infrastructure, capacity, prices, etc.). From this, it was affirmed that Bat Xat has all the favorable conditions to exploit this cultural space to build and develop unique tourism products based on the cultural and ecological space of the Black Ha Nhi people in the locality to serve tourism development.
- The thesis has researched the development of six unique tourism products from the cultural and ecological space of the Black Ha Nhi people:
(1). Visit the old forest - Y Tý commune (Black Ha Nhi people living area - State managed)
(2). Cloud hunting - Y Tý commune, Nậm Pung
(3) Visit Choan Then village - Black Ha Nhi people - Y Ty commune
(4) Experience the Kho Gia Gia Festival of the Black Ha Nhi people - Nam Pung, Y Ty, Trinh Tuong, A Lu communes
(5) Black Ha Nhi people's earthen houses - Y Ty, Nam Pung, Trinh Tuong, A Lu communes
(6) Visit the terraced rice fields of the Black Ha Nhi people - Y Ty, Trinh Tuong, Ngai Thau, Nam Pung, A Lu communes.
- The thesis also proposes eight groups of solutions to help local authorities, sectors, and people apply the six unique tourism products developed in the study to tourism development in Bat Xat district – where the Black Ha Nhi people reside.
12. Practical applications: (if any)
The development orientations for unique tourism products based on the ecological culture of the Black Ha Nhi people, as developed in this study, can be applied and implemented in areas inhabited by the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat district, especially in Trinh Tuong, Nam Pung, and Y Ty communes – places where tourists can access destinations relatively easily. Furthermore, tourism activities are already taking place at varying levels in these communes. Therefore, applying these product development models will help the locality improve product quality, attract more tourists, and increase the length of stay for visitors.
13. Future research directions: (if any)
- Research focused on expanding tourism resources: Research on developing tourism products by exploiting the cultural spaces of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat (not just cultural and ecological spaces).
- Research should be applied to the cultural and ecological spaces of other ethnic groups in the region, such as the Hmong, Dao, and Giay, in order to develop unique local tourism products.
14. The published works related to the thesis are:
(1). Dang Thi Oanh (2008), “The behavior of the Ha Nhi people in Dien Bien and Lai Chau towards water sources”, International Conference on the Ha Nhi people - Luc Xuan district - Yunnan - China, November 2008).
(2). Dang Thi Oanh and Hoang Manh Linh (2020), "Research on Bat Xat, Lao Cai Tourism in the construction of local tourism products", Journal of Cultural Studies of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, December 2020 issue.
(3). Dang Thi Oanh (2020), "Analysis of comparative advantage and competitive advantage of Y Ty commune tourist destination, Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province", Journal of Culture and Arts - Theoretical organ of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, December 2020 issue.
(4). Dang Thi Oanh (2020), "The participation of Black Ha Nhi people in Y Ty in sustainable tourism development in the locality", Thai Nguyen University Journal of Science & Technology, 225 (16)/2020.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: DANG THI OANH; 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: May 15, 1972; 4. Place of birth: Lai Chau
5. Admission decision number: 4420/2019-QD-XHNV dated November 26, 2019 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in academic process:
7. Official thesis title: "Developing specific tourism products based on the ecolgically cultural space of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province"
8. Major: Tourism; 9. Code: 8810101
10. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thuy Anh, Faculty of Tourism Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
11. Summary of the results of the thesis:
- The thesis has described, researched and analyzed the ecologically cultural space of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province. That points out and confirm: this cultural space is unique tourism resource that can be exploited to build and develop specific tourism products to serve the local tourism development.
- The thesis has investigated and evaluated the specific tourism products of Bat Xat and the conditions related to the development of specific tourism products from the exploitation of the ecologically cultural space of the Black Ha Nhi people in the area. Bat Xat (access to destination, infrastructure, capacity, price...). From there, it is confirmed that Bat Xat has enough favorable conditions to exploit this cultural space to build and develop specific tourism products from the exploitation of the ecologically cultural space of the Black Ha Nhi people in local for tourism development.
- The thesis has researched and developed 06 specific tourism products from the ecologically cultural space of the Black Ha Nhi people:
(1). Visiting the old forest - Y Ty commune (The area where the Black Ha Nhi lives - State management)
(2). Hunting clouds - Y Ty commune, Nam Pung
(3) Visiting Choan Then village - Black Ha Nhi people - Y ty commune
(4) Experience the Dry Old Age Festival of the Black Ha Nhi people - Nam Pung, Y Ty, Trinh Tuong, A Lu
(5) House of Black Ha Nhi people - Y Ty commune, Nam Pung, Trinh Tuong, A Lu
(6) Visiting the terraced fields of the Black Ha Nhi people - Y Ty, Trinh Tuong, Ngai Thau, Nam Pung, A Lu.
- The thesis also proposes 08 groups of solutions to help all levels of sectors and local people apply 06 specific tourism products that the topic has built into tourism development in Bat Xat district which Ha Nhi Black resides.
12. Practical applicability: (if any)
The specific tourism product development orientations from the exploitation of the ecological culture of the Black Ha Nhi people that the project has built, can be applied and deployed in the area where the Black Ha Nhi people reside in Bat Xat district. Especially in the communes of Trinh Tuong, Nam Pung and Y Ty - are places where tourists can access the destination relatively conveniently. On the other hand, in these communes, tourism activities have been taking place at different levels. Therefore, the application of these product development models will help the locality improve product quality, attract more visitors to the locality and increase the length of stay of tourists.
13. Further research directions: (if any)
- Research in the direction of expanding tourism resources: Research and develop tourism products from exploiting the cultural spaces of the Black Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat (Not just an ecologically cultural space)
- Research in the direction of application to the ecologically cultural space of other ethnic groups in the region: Mong, Dao, Giay... to develop specific tourism products of the locality.
14. Thesis-related publications
(1). Dang Thi Oanh (2008), "The behavior of Ha Nhi people in Dien Bien, Lai Chau with water resources", International Workshop on Ha Nhi people - Luc Xuan district - Yunnan - China, November 2008).
(2). Dang Thi Oanh and Hoang Manh Linh (2020), «Research on tourism resources of Bat Xat, Lao Cai in building local e-tourism products», Journal of Culture of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, December 2020.
(3). Dang Thi Oanh (2020), «Analysis of comparative advantages and competitive advantages of tourist destinations in Y Ty commune, Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province », Art and Culture Magazine – Theory of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, December 2020 issue.
(4). Dang Thi Oanh (2020), «Participation of Black Ha Nhi people in Y Ty in local sustainable tourism development », Journal of Science & Technology of Thai Nguyen University, 225 (16)/2020.
