THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY NECESITO STEFANIE JOY REGALO COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SAPA DISTRICT, LAO CAI PROVINCE, VIETNAM BACHELOR THESIS Study Mode: Full-Time Major: Agricultural Economics Faculty: Advance Education Program Batch: 2017-2021 Thai Nguyen, 15/10/2022 Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry Degree Program Agricultural Economics Student name Stefanie Joy Regalo Necesito Student ID DTN1854250015 Thesis Title Community-Based Tourism Development In Sapa District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam Supervisor (s) Assoc. Do Luan Xuan Supervisor’s Signature Abstract: Community-based tourism is considered one of the particular types of tourism toward sustainable development. CBT provides tourists with an understanding of local life, in which residents are actively engaged in tourism activities, and receive socio-economic benefits from tourism activities. Community-based tourism is the management that offers many opportunities for local community empowerment, especially in developing countries.
Having a green and protecting the environment is a benefit for everyone since it has a positive impact on human well-being, such as increased health and less pollution, and it creates hundreds of entries for a business. Preserving harmony as a core organizational aim may have a huge impact on all individuals and the environment. This research implied that Improving communication skills is necessary to organize community members for community development purposes, but this can only happen when communication within communities is efficient. The demand for Getting a bank loan is high, providing credit and loans to individuals will allow all those who seriously want to put their ideas into reality to do so with competent financial backing from private and governmental institutions.
The research was conducted in the Northwest Region of Vietnam, family-owned tourism micro businesses were interviewed and the researcher identify and ii analyzed the data using Excel and determine the situation of household members and what are the effects of it to develop the Community-Based Tourism, also to identify what policy interventions can be recommend to support the family households from the government. This research is funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED). Keywords: Community-Based Tourism, Online Banking, Natural Resources, Micro businesses, Development, A number of pages: 58 Date of Submission: October 18, 2022 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I am thankful to Almighty God for giving me strength, knowledge, and ability to accomplish my studies during the difficulties. I would like to thank my thesis supervisor Assoc.
Do Xuan Luan, who made this work possible, and believes that I can do it. His guidance and advice helped me throughout the process. To Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), for funding this research paper. I would also like to give my warmest thanks to the members of the AEP Office, thank you for the help when we have some questions regarding our thesis and for updates and understanding.
To My Friends who helped me to accomplish this throughout the process thank you guys for helping me. Especially my family, I would like to thank My Family, for all the love and support that they have given me and shown me throughout my thesis. To my Mommy and Daddy for giving your best to support me. To Ninang Aidess and Ninong Jason, thank you for helping me, believing in me, and inspiring me through your words and advice.
STEFANIE JOY REGALO NECESITO iv TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES. 1 LIST OF TABLES. 2 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. Community-based Tourism.
Types of Community-based Tourism. The role of CBT in Poverty Reduction and Rural Development. The role of CBT in rural economic development. The role of CBT in rural social development.
The role of CBT in natural preservation .3 Factors influencing the development of CBT. Land Ownership and Control. Materials and Instrument. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .What is the Actual Situation of Family-owned Tourism Micro Businesses?.
Current Status of Tourism Business. What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Community-Based Tourism Development in Sapa District?. What Policy Interventions can be Recommended for Community-Based Tourism Development in Sapa District?. CONCLUSION AND RCOMMENDATION.
44 vi LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.0 Sapa District, Lao Cai Province Vietnam……………….………………19 1 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Membership of Family Members to Organization………………………………. Ownership of Residential Land and Agricultural Forestry Land…………………. Access to Durable Goods……………………………………………………….
Differences in Means of Selected Durable Goods…………………………………25 Table 5. Business Situation of Interviewed Households…………………………. Usage of Applications for Travel Business……………………………. Homestay Services of Households…………………………………….
Reasons of Not Owning a Homestay…………………………………. Number of Visitors in a Month………………………………………. Foreign Visitors Visiting the Facility……………. Domestic Visitors Visiting the Facility…………………………….
Membership to Community Tourism Management Board………………31 Table 13. Reasons in Participating in Community-based Tourism Development…. Advantages of Community-Based Tourism Development……………. Main Difficulties in Tourism Business…………………………….
Recommendations for Connecting Digital Banking Services…………….35 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CBT- Community-Based Tourism GDP- Gross Domestic Products NGO- Non-Governmental Organizations ODA- Official Development Aid 4 PART I. Research Rationale CBT as a tool for poverty reduction of the poor and ethnic minority Tourism's position as a development tool is a trending topic of research. At least since the 1960s, scholarly approaches to tourism observations have included a so-called "growth" stream. (de Kadt, Peters, & Smith) relying on developing countries and regions (de Kadt E.
) recognize Tourism has the potential to build employment, establish backward links with agriculture and other business sectors, provide opportunities for young people and women, promote local entrepreneurial investment, and boost the poor's quality of life by financing basic services, training, and schooling. The researcher pointed out that expatriates have a propensity to get the best-paying jobs, that tourism can intensify economic and other disparities, and that the degree to which tourism benefits people in tourist destinations is highly dependent on local factors and is not necessary. The researcher did not rely directly on poverty, although he sees that as a function of development, acknowledging there was a realization in the ‘communication research of the time that growth alone would not be enough to end poverty in a specified time, the diffusion of the financial benefits of development among the least developed countries and population groups within local districts became important. Challenges and Constraints for CBT development in general and financial challenges for CBT in particular fact that social scientists have long been the critical concept of culture, it is still commonly used in tourism planning and development.
5 One of the reasons community-based tourism (CBT) projects fail, even though it is seldom understood, is that those in charge of them overlook the faulty concepts found within the community definition itself (Tosun, 2020). The distortion of the definition is, predictably, cleverly used in tourism marketing. Though CBT is meant to inspire individuals, the images used to create the targeted "communities," whether imaginary or actual, go virtually unnoticed. Because of tourism's speaking capacity, representations of destinations have clear and potentially important effects on those who are viewed, portrayed, and misunderstood, as well as those (sub)groups who are not included in such descriptions.
Tourism now forms a major part of national income (7–9% of GDP) and wages. Tourism is a labor-intensive enterprise that helps to alleviate poverty. The tourism policy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic favors pro-poor, community- based tourism growth, as well as the enhancement of local tourism-related infrastructure development and sub-regional tourism cooperation. To explore the actual situation of family-owned tourism micro businesses.
To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of CBT development in Sapa District. To recommend policy interventions for CBT development in Sapa District. What is the actual situation of family-owned tourism micro businesses? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Community-based tourism development in the Sapa District? 3.
What policy interventions can be recommended for Community-based development in Sapa District? 7 PART II. Community-based Tourism CBT means Community-based tourism which is a special form of tourism with features somewhat distinct from mass tourism. CBT practitioners must have a thorough understanding of the underlying concepts, values, and materials. CBT isn't just a travel company looking to maximize money for customers.
Rather, it is worried about the effect of tourists on the local economy and natural resources. CBT is the result of a regional planning approach that uses tourism as a means to improve the capacity of rural community groups to manage tourism services with local involvement. CBT, is far from being a perfect, prepackaged approach to neighborhood issues. In reality, if used incorrectly, CBT will lead to problems and destruction.
As a result, populations suitable for CBT implementation must be carefully chosen and adequately planned before CBT can be implemented. More particular, the community must be able to modify or suspend CBT if it outgrows the community's management capacity or has uncontrolled negative outcomes. Types of Community-based Tourism For a long time, mass tour services will include brief trips to local areas lasting a few hours. A traditional stay includes a couple of hours in an 'exotic' hill tribe village in Northern Thailand or a quick tour of a semi-nomadic fisherfolk group in the south.
Another indication of a fast visit is "agrotourism," which arose in response to the Thai economy's 1997 crisis. Quick trips to popular and unusual farms were encouraged by 8 the government, with visitors being able to taste and purchase farm produce. Then, the "One Tambon (subdistrict) One Product" scheme included several agrotourism destinations. Short visits are frequently often labeled as "CBT" in this case because they are essential "arts and crafts" shopping trips.
Visitors have little to no time to observe; there is little to no scope for them to engage in local events. There is little or no contact with the locals to enhance cross-cultural understanding. Learning about other cultures and participating in group events are also low. Even in the case of tours that come to buy local goods, the city has very little influence.
Often the use of an outside resource person who is familiar with the surrounding environment and serves as an 'expert' translator is practicable. Homestay is a tourist attraction that encourages contact between visitors and host families. Homestays are one of the many lodging solutions open to CBT, and they can be used as a strategic instrument to increase awareness of sanitation and hygiene problems in the destination region. The 'rough and ready' possibility of a homestay also assists in ensuring that visitors who visit the city are CBT-ready.
Aside from a mattress, a cushion, and a mosquito net, planning a homestay needs relatively little investment. Many rural village homes also have these things set aside for nearby friends and family members who come to visit. Only the wealthiest families have an opportunity to offer to house and receive compensation unless there are regulations in place that require a portion of the income to be donated to charitable programs. For the nation, homestay is a delicate social and cultural problem.
It necessitates a shift of mindset from generously providing lodging to unwanted visitors or family to abruptly 9 demanding payment for services. Social and cultural relationships, as well as hospitality cultures, will deteriorate and then become economically oriented. As a result, before creating a homestay as an accommodating alternative, it is important to consider the advantages and disadvantages. If the group sets specific goals and adheres to them genuinely, it will establish and also provide homestay accommodations at a fixed price.
A homestay should not be solely focused on making money while avoiding cultural interaction and reverence for the host's community. Gratitude and hospitality should take precedence over "five-star" service. Otherwise, the host will be devalued to the detriment of the visitor (Suansri, 2003). The concept of Community Based Tourism began early in the 20th century.
There are several different views and interpretations of the concept, with different meanings and descriptions depending on the speaker, geographic area, or particular study/project. There are, however, certain commonly applied concepts, such as preservation and local community engagement and benefit.