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Impact of tourism development on the local livelihoods and land cover change in the Northern Vietnamese highlands

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Hoang, Thi Thu Huong [Faculty of Geography, VNU- University of Science, 334 Nguyen Trai street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam] Van Rompaey, Anton [Division of Geography and Tourism, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, bus 2409, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium] Meyfroidt, Patrick [Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place L. Pasteur 3, Bte L4.03.08, Louvain‑la‑Neuve, Belgium] Govers, Gerard [Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences, VNU, 336 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam] Vu, Kim Chi [Centre for Advanced Research on Global Change (CARGC), Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam] Vanacker, Veerle [UCL]

In the 1990s, some districts in the Northern Vietnamese highlands were opened for international tourism. The development of tourism was expected to bring a new income source to remote mountain areas. This paper analyzes the association between tourism development, local livelihoods and land cover change at the household level. Sa Pa district was selected as a case study. In 25 rural villages within Sa Pa, 487 households were interviewed. This allowed us to classify rural households in three livelihood types: (1) full-time farming, (2) farming with limited involvement in tourism and (3) farming and major involvement in tourism activities. Next, the association between tourism and land cover change at the household level was quantified. The results show that the introduction of tourism increased the living standard of the ethnic minorities and led to more intensive farming systems with forest regrowth on abandoned fields. Nevertheless, the involvement in tourism is location dependent.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2020
Language Anglais
Journal information "Environment, Development and Sustainability" - Vol. 22, no. 2, p. 1371 - 1395 (2020)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht)
issn 1387-585X
e-issn 1573-2975
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
Keywords Geography ; Planning and Development ; Economics and Econometrics ; Management ; Monitoring ; Policy and Law
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Bibliographic reference Hoang, Thi Thu Huong ; Van Rompaey, Anton ; Meyfroidt, Patrick ; Govers, Gerard ; Vu, Kim Chi ; et. al. Impact of tourism development on the local livelihoods and land cover change in the Northern Vietnamese highlands. In: Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol. 22, no. 2, p. 1371 - 1395 (2020)
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