Factors Affecting Tourism Development In Ba Vi National Park

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

VIETNAM FORESTRY UNIVERSITY

STUDENT THESIS

FACTORS AFFECTING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

IN BA VI NATIONAL PARK

Major: Natural Resources Management (Advanced Curriculum)

Code: D850101

Faculty: Forest Resources and Environmental Management

Student: Ha Van Dong Student ID: 1053090123

Class: K55 Natural Resources Management Course: 2010 – 2014

Advanced Education Program

Developed in collaboration with Colorado State University, USA

Supervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phung Van Khoa

Ha Noi, November 2014

Acknowledgements

To complete this thesis, I received assistance and supports helps from my

supervisor and other departments as well as organizations, I am very grateful to local

people, who helped and provided necessary information to me. I also thank the staffs,

forest rangers and group conducted project in Ba Vi National Park for helping me to

collect the data and provide dormitory me, while I was in the Park and directed

supported us devotedly, I also would like to thank Prof. Lee and teachers in Viet Nam

Forestry University, who have been teach me many useful knowledge that support for

this thesis.

Especially I would like to thank my supervisor Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phung Van

Khoa, Ph.D. of Earth Sciences (Colorado State University, USA) Dean of the Forest

Resources and Environmental Management Faculty, Forestry University of Vietnam,

who directly supported me throughout the process of conducting project, for his

patience, motivation, enthusiasm, and immense knowledge. His guidance helped me in

all the time of studying and writing this thesis.

I sincerely thank you!

Contents

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I. NTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1

1. The definitions and characteristics of ecotourism.......................................................1

2. Tourism requirements..................................................................................................3

II. GOALS, (SPECIFIC) OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESIS ...................................... 4

1. Goals............................................................................................................................4

2. Specific Objectives......................................................................................................4

3. Hypotheses...................................................................................................................4

III. METHODLOGY ....................................................................................................... 5

1. Study site .....................................................................................................................5

1.1. Location.....................................................................................................................6

1.2. Topography ...............................................................................................................6

1.3. Geology .....................................................................................................................7

1.4. Climate ......................................................................................................................8

2. Desk research...............................................................................................................8

3. Survey methods...........................................................................................................8

3.1. Field trips..................................................................................................................8

3.2. Interviews................................................................................................................10

4. Analyze data ..............................................................................................................11

IV. RESULTS and DISCUSSION................................................................................. 12

1. Factors Affecting tourism Development in Ba Vi National Park .............................12

1.1. Natural attraction and social economic factors......................................................12