Summary of PHD. thesis in economics: Raditional craft village for tourism in Thua Thien Hue province

Objectives of the study Analysis and evaluation of traditional craft villages for tourism in Thua Thien Hue province to determine the direction and propose some solutions to develop traditional craft villages (TCV) for tourism in Thua Thien Hue province by 2020.
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Summary of PHD. thesis in economics: Raditional craft village for tourism in Thua Thien Hue province HO CHI MINH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF POLITICS INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL ECONOMICS -------------------- PhD. Student NGUYỄN LÊ THU HIỀNTRADITIONAL CRAFT VILLAGE FOR TOURISM IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE Major : Political Economics Code : 62 31 01 01 SUMMARY OF PhD. THESIS IN ECONOMICS HANOI 6/2014 Works completed in the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Nhu Ha Opponent 1: Opponent 2: Opponent 3: This thesis shall be defended at the academy-level thesis evaluation council at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. At…..o’clock on day…month….2013This thesis can be seen at: National library and Library of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The urgency of the thesis In the historical development process of Thua Thien - Hue, since theNguyen Dynasty Hue was selected as the land for urban settlement, therural village system of Thuan Hoa - Phu Xuan at that time had somemotions together with the advent of the malls, docks ... especially, thedemand for commodity exchange created premises to promote thedevelopment of handicraft industry; then the formation and developmentprocess of handicraft villages was also the narrowing down of agriculturaleconomy and innovating the rural aspect in profession-oriented and craftvillages associated with agricultural production activities in the traditionalVietnamese socio-economy. The craft and traditional craft villages have contributed to buildingcultural identity for the Vietnamese people, contributing an important rolein the socio-economic life, particularly in rural and agricultural areas. Onthe other hand, traditional villages are characteristics that contribute to thelabor division in the Vietnamese traditional agricultural economy intothree industries, industry - agriculture - trade. This economic structure hasactually created for the Vietnam villages to have long-term and steadystability. Even to the late XX century and early XXI century, the impact ofscientific and technological advances did not make it change significantlyor if any, there would be very slow changes. Therefore, in the growingtrend of economic and cultural integration between countries, thepreservation and development the cultural characteristics of a region, acountry is extremely important as it both preserved and developedtraditional values of the nation to integrate internationally but notdissolved, and contribute to creating a positive impetus to reduce poverty,improve living standards for the residents and innovate the countrysideface, promote labor restructuring and rural economic structure towardsindustrialization and modernization. Today, as the society develops, the need to relax, enjoy and travel ofpeople increases. To meet this demand, many forms of tourism came intobeing such as ecotourism, cultural tourism, community tourism, spiritualtourism, ... in which the rural tourism form is well developed in domesticand international tourist programs and routes. Rural tourism is the form todevelop the harmony in culture, produce, traditional villages ... InVietnam, craft villages for tourism is increasingly attractive to domesticand foreign tourists, being the general cultural type of tourism, taking 2tourists to visit, evaluating traditional values and purchasing the typicalgoods of those traditional villages. This raises an inevitable requirementthat is to build and develop a number of traditional villages withcharacterized, unique traditional values, with a lot of developmentpotential associated with the tourism sector. In Thua Thien Hue province, the system of traditional villages isabundant and diverse, converging several factors suitable to build intotraditional villages associated with the tourism sector. This is considered aprominent advantage of Thua Thien Hue province in the process ofdeveloping the tourism industry into a key economic sector. However, therestoration and development of the traditional craft villages is stillgenerally spontaneous, based on the nature of the craft villages which aresimply of production quality, not conversed to serve tourism. From that ithas not timely met the needs of sightseeing, experiencing of visitors aswell as failing to meet the market needs for the kinds of tourism products.This practice raises an urgent need for Thua Thien Hue in the socio-economic development process, being objective, in line with the trend ofthe times that is to restore and develop the system of traditional craftvillages associated with tourism service in a sustainable manner. For this reason, the PhD student has chosen the theme: Traditionalcraft villages for tourism in Thua Thien Hue province as her economicdoctoral thesis. 2. Objectives and research tasks of the thesis 2.1. Objectives of the study Analysis and evaluation of traditional craft villages for tourism inThua Thien Hue province to determine the direction and propose somesolutions to develop traditional craft villages (TCV) for tourism in ThuaThien Hue province by 2020. 2.2. Research tasks To accomplish this goal, the thesis has the following main tasks: First, codify theoretical issues and practices related to traditional craftvillages for tourism. Second, conduct research, surveys, analysis and evaluation of thestatus of TCV for tourism in Thua Thien Hue province in the 2008-2012period, pointing out the results, limitations and causes in the process ofTCV for tourism in Thua Th ...