Sacred Forest and Tourism: Focusing on Sacred Yen Tu Mountain in Vietnam.

• KHANH LY LE

  Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia Universit

• SHINGO SHIBATA

  Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia Universit

抄録

Sacred forest is the forest type associated with the beliefs, customs and habits of the local communities living on the forest. Tourism is considered one of the suitable solutions of local livelihood replacement for poverty reduction in sacred forest. Yen Tu mountain is a sacred place with typical biodiversity reservoirs and cultural beliefs values in Vietnam. Religious tourism in Yen Tu with more than two million visitors annually becomes an effective livelihood solution for indigenous people. However, the construction of the road, pressure from pilgrims, bad behavior of tourism activities has led to serious impacts on unique native flora and fauna, for example Red pine ancient trees (Dacrydium elatum). The study discusses solutions toward sustainable tourism development in order to preserve biodiversity, cultural beliefs and still ensure the livelihood of local communities.

収録刊行物

• 日本森林学会大会発表データベース

  日本森林学会大会発表データベース 130 (0), 37-, 2019-05-27

  日本森林学会

キーワード

• sacred forest
• tourism
• biodiversity damage
• ancient trees
• visitor pressure

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282763112374144
• NII論文ID: 130007645367
• DOI: 10.11519/jfsc.130.0_37
• 本文言語コード: ja
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