Evaluating The Effects Of Ecotourism On Flora And Fauna In Ba Vi National Park Ha Noi

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

VIETNAM FORESTRY UNIVERSITY

STUDENT THESIS

EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ECOTOURISM

ON FLORA AND FAUNA IN BA VI NATIONAL PARK, HA NOI

Major: Natural Resources Management

Code: D850101

Faculty: Forest Resources and Environmental Management

Student: Mai Thuy Van Student ID: 1153090361

Class: K56 Natural Resources Management Course: 2011 - 2015

Advanced Education Program

Developed in collaboration with Colorado State University, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Le Xuan Truong

Ha Noi, November 2015

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost I offer my sincerest gratitude to Faculty of Forestry &

Environmental Management, Vietnam Forestry University for the continuous support of

my study and related research.

My sincere thanks also go to all of officers in Ba Vi national park, Ha Noi who

helped me with the field work and data collection. Without their precious support it would

not be possible to conduct this research.

My special thanks to my supervisor, Dr. Le Xuan Truong for his patience,

motivation, and immense knowledge. His guidance helped me in all the time of research

and writing of this thesis. I could not have imagined having a better supervisor and mentor

for my thesis. Besides, I also especially thank Prof. Lee MacDonald for assisting me in the

logical outline, structure and for valuable comments and discussions of final presentation.

Last but not the least, I would like to thank my parents and my friends for

supporting me spiritually throughout writing this thesis and my life in general.

Despite all efforts to make the study free from error, there may be errors still left

unnoticed for what the researcher takes all the responsibilities personally. I am very glad to

receive suggestions from my teachers and friends to make my thesis better, I sincerely pay

my thanks to them.

Ha Noi, November 2015

Mai Thuy Van

TABLE OF CONTENT

1/ Introduction .....................................................................................................................1

2/ Goals and Objectives.......................................................................................................3

2.1. Goals...............................................................................................................................3

2.2. Objectives.......................................................................................................................3

3/ Methods ............................................................................................................................4

3.1. Study area .......................................................................................................................4

3.2. Data collection ................................................................................................................5

3.3. Analysis data...................................................................................................................7

4/ Results and discussions ...................................................................................................8

4.1. Current ecotourism activities in Ba Vi national park .....................................................8

4.1.1. Infrastructures and material facilities ......................................................................8

4.1.2. Current trend in tourism.........................................................................................10

4.1.3. Seasonality in tourism............................................................................................12

4.2. Effects of ecotourism on flora and fauna in Ba Vi national park .................................12

4.2.1. Overview of tourists ..............................................................................................12

4.2.2. Evaluating the awareness of tourists about the effects of ecotourism to Ba Vi

national park ........................................................................................................................14

4.2.3. Difference between nationalities about evaluation of the effects of ecotourism on

flora and fauna .....................................................................................................................22

4.2.4. SWOT analysis......................................................................................................24

4.3. Suggest some solutions for sustainable management of ecotourism in Ba Vi national

park. .....................................................................................................................................26

4.3.1. About tourist ..........................................................................................................26

4.3.2. About community ..................................................................................................26

4.3.3. About manager.......................................................................................................26

5/ Conclusions.....................................................................................................................28

6/ References.......................................................................................................................29

7/ Appendices .....................................................................................................................31

LIST OF TABLE

Table 3.1: The component of managers interviewed.............................................................6

Table 3.2: The structure of tourists by questionnaire ............................................................7

Table 4.1: Number of tourist from 2011 to 2014 in Ba Vi national park ............................10

Table 4.2: Nationality structure of tourist by questionnaire ................................................12

Table 4.3: Age and sex distribution of tourist .....................................................................13

Table 4.4: Sources of information let tourists know about Ba Vi national park .................14

Table 4.5: The purpose of tourism trip ................................................................................14

Table 4.6: The tourist density during the day ......................................................................15

Table 4.7: Awareness of tourists about influence level of ecotourism activities ................16

Table 4.8: Frequency of participation in tourism activities.................................................18

Table 4.9: Evaluating the positive and negative effects of ecotourism ...............................21

Table 4.10: Awareness of tourists based on nationality ......................................................22

Table 4.11: Frequency of participation in tourism activities based on nationality..............23

Table 4.12: Evaluating the positive and negative effects of ecotourism based on nationality.. 24