Community tourism development following the trend of green and sustainable growth – Experience of Quang Ninh

Abstract

Currently, community tourism is considered to bring many sustainable economic development benefits to local people. Quang Ninh has a lot of potential in terms of the natural landscape, historical values, indigenous culture of ethnic groups, customs and lifestyles, and rich culinary culture of the regions which are the basis for strong development type of community tourism. In the face of increasing climate change, which directly threatens people's livelihoods, the direction of transforming the economic development model towards green growth is receiving attention from many localities. Therefore, the development of community tourism following this trend is no exception from the lessons learned from Quang Ninh.