tailieunhanh - Local residents’ attitudes and participation in tourism development in Ba Be national park, Vietnam

The main purpose of this study was to test the model of local residents’ attitudes and participation in tourism to explore the factors which affect to residents’ support and participation in tourism in Ba Be National Park, Vietnam. The results of factor analyses of tourism impacts generated five new factors: Social and Environmental Benefit (SEB), Personal Economic Benefit (PEB), Local Benefit (LB), Negative Social and Environmental Impacts (NSEI), and Negative economic Impacts (NEI). Hypotheses testing revealed that, in a rural area where the community depends on natural resources, community attachment of local residents significantly affects their perception of positive tourism impacts. In addition, social and environmental impacts from tourism are considered as very important factors influencing local residents’ support and participation in tourism. | Phạm Minh Hương và Đtg Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 133(03)/1: 71 - 81 LOCAL RESIDENTS’ ATTITUDES AND PARTICIPATION IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BA BE NATIONAL PARK, VIETNAM Pham Minh Huong, Nguyen Van Huy* College of Economics and Business Administration - TNU SUMAMRY The main purpose of this study was to test the model of local residents’ attitudes and participation in tourism to explore the factors which affect to residents’ support and participation in tourism in Ba Be National Park, Vietnam. The results of factor analyses of tourism impacts generated five new factors: Social and Environmental Benefit (SEB), Personal Economic Benefit (PEB), Local Benefit (LB), Negative Social and Environmental Impacts (NSEI), and Negative economic Impacts (NEI). Hypotheses testing revealed that, in a rural area where the community depends on natural resources, community attachment of local residents significantly affects their perception of positive tourism impacts. In addition, social and environmental impacts from tourism are considered as very important factors influencing local residents’ support and participation in tourism. Keywords: Residents’ attitudes, Participation, Tourism impacts, Ba Be National Park, Vietnam. INTRODUCTION* Ba Be National Park was established in 1992 and is located in Bac Kan, mountainous province in the Vietnam northeast. The area of national park is about hectares. The distance from Bac Kan Town to the park is an estimated 50 kilometers, and 250 kilometers from the capital of Hanoi. This national park is considered as a model ecosystem for a forest on limestone mountains both within Vietnam and for the world (Project: Sustainable Tourism Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion, 2011). In 2004, Ba Be National Park was recognized as one of Asia’s natural heritages. Further, Ba Be is an appealing place of ecotourism place with high biodiversity (Ba Be Community Based Tourism Guide Book, 2012). Residents’ attitude toward tourism is one of

• Du lịch
• Local residents’ attitudes and participation
• Tourism development in Ba Be national park
• Attitudes and participation in tourism
• Social and Environmental Benefit
• Negative Social and Environmental Impacts