Tourists’ perception of marine ecosystem conservation in the Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area, Vietnam

IF 1 Q4 ECOLOGY
Tropics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI:10.3759/TROPICS.24.187
N. Kaida, N. Dang
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Abstract

This study reports field survey results on current tourist activities and perception regarding marine ecosystem conservation in the Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area (NTB-MPA), Vietnam. Structured questionnaire surveys to visitors (n = 166) revealed that, comparing Vietnamese and foreign tourists: (1) About half of the Vietnamese respondents were aware of the NTB-MPA while only 9.6 % of foreign respondents recognized this, (2) average respondents visited more than two islands out of the total nine islands during their stay and Vietnamese and foreign respondents tended to visit different islands with different marine activities, and (3) of six marine conservation program components presented in the present survey, both groups showed stronger support for physical enhancement of marine ecosystems rather than for sustainable local community development with slight differences in components between the two respondent groups. These results suggest that the NTB-MPA needs to fulfill both the diverse demands of tourists as well as sustainable marine ecosystem management. However, at the same time, NTB-MPA could also offer diverse opportunities to familiarize tourists with different backgrounds in both environmental and socio-economic issues in marine ecosystems and to facilitate their support for the MPA.
游客对越南芽庄湾海洋保护区海洋生态系统保育的看法
本研究报告了越南芽庄湾海洋保护区(NTB-MPA)当前旅游活动和对海洋生态系统保护的看法的实地调查结果。对游客进行的结构化问卷调查(n = 166)显示,比较越南游客和外国游客:(1)大约一半的越南受访者知道ntc - mpa,而只有9.6%的外国受访者认识到这一点;(2)平均受访者在逗留期间访问了9个岛屿中的2个以上,越南和外国受访者倾向于访问不同的岛屿,进行不同的海洋活动;(3)本调查中提出的6个海洋保护计划组成部分。两组受访者都更支持海洋生态系统的物理增强,而不是当地社区的可持续发展,两组受访者在组成部分上略有差异。这些结果表明,NTB-MPA既要满足游客的多样化需求,又要实现海洋生态系统的可持续管理。然而,与此同时,NTB-MPA也可以提供各种机会,使不同背景的游客熟悉海洋生态系统的环境和社会经济问题,并促进他们对MPA的支持。
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