A multicriteria approach to assessing the sustainability of community-based ecotourism in Central Vietnam
A multicriteria approach to assessing the sustainability of community-based ecotourism in Central Vietnam
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10.30852/sb.2022.1938
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2022-10
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T. Nguyen;H. Hoang;Tan Quang Nguyen;Ubukata Fumikazu;Thao Thi Phuong Vo;C. V. Nguyen
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作者：
T. Nguyen;H. Hoang;Tan Quang Nguyen;Ubukata Fumikazu;Thao Thi Phuong Vo;C. V. Nguyen
自然探索或生态旅游一直是旅游业的一个重要组成部分，今天具有比旅游业更广泛的意义，包括保护自然和文化以及改善人民生活，特别是土著社区的生活。社区生态旅游具有与自然生态系统的可持续性和社区发展密切相关的具体效益。CBET可以被定义为基于自然的旅游，帮助塑造旅游服务的类型，规划和开发社区直接提供的目的地。CBET被认为是一个可持续的替代大众旅游的潜在利益在越南。本研究旨在通过应用层次分析法（AHP）形成的可持续生态旅游指数（SEI），评估越南中部四个CBET目的地的可持续性。基于文献回顾，当地人民，和专家的建议，一组14个标准分为五组，反映了可持续的CBET的关键属性，包括环境保护，经济效益，社区参与，文化保护和授权进行了分析。原始数据来自对21位专家和42户家庭的深入访谈。经过标准化后，结果表明，在四个CBET目的地中，一个被确定为高可持续性（SEI>4.2），两个为中性（3.4<SEI<4.2），一个低于（SEI<3.4）。这些研究结果提供了在旅游业中推广AHP理论的启示，并对未来旅游业的可持续发展提出了政策建议。
Nature exploration, or ecotourism, has been an essential part of tourism, and today takes on a much broader meaning beyond tourism that includes conserving nature and culture and improving people’s lives, especially in the indigenous community. Community-based ecotourism (CBET) has specific benefits closely related to the sustainability of natural ecosystems and community development. CBET can be defined as nature-based tourism, helping shape the types of tourism services, planning and developing destinations provided by communities directly. CBET is supposed to be a sustainable alternative to mass tourism by its potential benefits in Vietnam. The study aims to evaluate the sustainability of four CBET destinations in Central Vietnam through a sustainable ecotourism index (SEI) formed by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Based on the literature review, local people, and experts’ recommendations, a set of fourteen criteria categorized into five groups reflecting the critical attributes of the sustainable CBET that include environmental conservation, economic benefits, community participation, cultural preservation, and empowerment are analyzed. The raw data is obtained from in-depth interviews with 21 experts and 42 households. After normalizing, the results indicate that out of four CBET destinations, one is identified as high sustainability (SEI>4.2), two are neutral (3.4<SEI<4.2), and one is lower than (SEI<3.4). These findings provide implications for extending the AHP theory in tourism and policy implications toward sustainable development in future tourism.