This website was created by Capilano University student volunteers to showcase an exciting Community Based Tourism (CBT) Project.
The PATA Foundation and Capilano University have partnered in an effort to deliver tourism training to two villages – Ta Phin and Lao Chai – in the Sa Pa region of Northern Viet Nam. Capilano University volunteer faculty, students, and alumni, will be working with Hanoi Open University faculty and students in a program that will work to build and strengthen the capacity of the local ethnic minorities, small business owners, village government, and communities as a whole. The project will also work with village youth and community leaders to find proactive solutions to mitigating the harmful impacts tourism sometimes brings.
This site also provides travelers and tourists to Sa Pa with relevant travel information on possible options for trekking tours as well as a Sa Pa travel forum monitored weekly by student volunteers. Also, for all travelers we have created a Tourist Code of Ethics.
Please check out our CBT Viet Nam Blog, “like” us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.
