RESEARCH ON TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS OF ETHNIC MINORITIES ASSOCIATED WITH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT VIETNAM ACADEMY FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES

Abstract

Research on traditional festivals of ethnic minorities has been studied by many agencies, organizations and individuals at research institutes, universities and localities… However, research on traditional festivals of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development for research and teaching at Vietnam Academy for Ethnic Minorities has not yet had studied by any research work. This is an issue that needs to be researched, contributing to supplementing theoretical and practical knowledge about ethnic minority traditional festivals associated with tourism development. This issue is considered as the strength and potential of the ethnic minority affairs as well as an opportunity to preserve and promote traditional cultural values in combination with current development trends to create new values suitable for contemporary social life and seize the opportunity to create a new and sustainable livelihood that is community-based tourism development.