Developing Local Cultural Features through Community Tourism Services in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

Abstract

In recent years in Vietnam, discovering and developing local cultural features in the Northern region of Vietnam is quite interesting and attract local people to participate. Our study uses mainly qualitative analysis synthesis and inductive methods, together with quantitative analysis with data and statistics. Our research results show that there are many strengths in local cultural features in Ha Giang province of Vietnam with 19 ethnics minorities that we can develop for cultural and community tourism. Ha Giang has a lot of local products/specialties that are very attractive to tourists such as mint honey, ancient Shan Tuyet tea, medicinal herbs, and handicraft products., brocade weaving, trumpet, awl, fine art stone... are produced from 27 craft villages of local people. Finally, our paper will propose policy implications and recommendations.