Local Stakeholder Involvement And Community- Based Rural Tourism Development In North Central Coastal Vietnam
1Center for Economic Studies, Institute of Social Sciences of Central Region, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Abstract
Community-based rural tourism development has drawn interests among researchers, practitioners, governments and stakeholder as it has been widely promoted as a powerful force of change in the economy restructuring and a supporting alternative for local economy in response to increasing agriculture values in Viet Nam rural areas. Data for this study were obtained through a survey at 104 local households that has the collaboration and involvement of the related inter-organizational stakeholders in community-based rural tourism implementation in Nghe An and Quang Binh provinces in North Central Coastal Vietnam. This study found that the local community has a major role in implementing the program, among those various entities of stakeholders, especially the local government role can be utilized in tourism research as a source of empirical reference and policy implications.
Keywords: Community-based rural tourism, community participation, local stakeholders, North Central Coastal Vietnam
Article Details
- Journal
- Journal On Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS)
- Issue
- Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020
- Section
- Articles
- Pages
- 57-63
- DOI
- 10.5281/zenodo.20464868
- Zenodo Record
- https://zenodo.org/records/20464868
- Published
- June 30, 2020
- Canonical URL
- https://otsjournal.org/article/local-stakeholder-involvement-and-community-based-rural-tourism-development-in-north-central-coastal-vietnam
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