DEVELOPING COMMUNITY – BASED TOURISM IN CON CUONG DISTRICT, NGHE AN PROVINCE

Abstract

Community-based tourism (CBT) is now considered as a beneficial type for local sustainable economic development. CBT not only helps local residents protect Eco-environment resources but also offer chances to preserve and promote unique cultural features of the locality. Some provinces of Vietnam have developed successfully CBT in mountainous areas with many ethnic minorities such as Lao Cai, Ha Giang etc. This type of tourism has brought practical effects which not only promote the strengths of indigenous culture of ethnic groups, but also contribute to poverty reduction and improve the lives of many local people. The study focuses on analyzing the situation, thereby proposing some feasible solutions to develop community based tourism in Con Cuong district, Nghe An province.