THE “QUANG TRUNG” MOVEMENT IN HA TINH DURING THE RESISTANCE WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR NATIONAL SALVATION (1965-1968)

Abstract

This study aims to explore the role, level of participation of local people, as well as the benefits and barriers influencing the participation of local people in sustainable tourism development. The principal research method is qualitative through focus group discussions with local people participating in tourism services at 3 typical tourist sites of Vinh Long province: Somofarm Cuu Long, Ben Thanh Vinh Sang tourist area and Ut Trinh homestay. The research results show that the role of local people is only at the "passive" level and 04 factors affecting their participation in tourism activities, including: (1) awareness of local people; (2) the inherited labor force of garden households doing tourism; (3) spontaneity in garden tourism business activities; (4) Incentives to motivate people to participate in tourism activities. From those results, the article also discusses and proposes some implications to promote local people's participation toward sustainable tourism development in Vinh Long province.