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ABSTRACT

Received date: 25/03/2016

Accepted date: 30/03/2017

This research was conducted as an investigation on both positive and negative social impacts of tourism development on Dong Hoa Hiep’s villagers, in Tien Giang Province. It was based on the data collected from five-point Likert scale questionnaires of 400 villagers and in-depth interviews. The results showed that tourism development created both positive and negative social impacts on local communities, whereas the social advantages of tourism overweighed its drawbacks. The positive impacts were recognized such as improving in general infrastructure, and increasing the quality of local people’s life, while the negative effects were seen to be rarely opportunities for local people to join in planning and managing tourism activities of Dong Hoa Hiep village, and the insistence of some poor children and vendors on tourists to buy products.

Keywords

Dong Hoa Hiep villagers, local communities, social impacts

Cited as: Quyen, L. T. T., 2017. Social impacts of tourism development on local community: A case study at dong Hoa Hiep village, Cai Be district, Tien Giang province. Can Tho University Journal of Science. Vol 5: 10-17.