Received: 02-11-2021 / Accepted: 27-05-2022
Ecotourism is growing rapidly and actively contributes to the improvement ofthe livelihoods of local people, tourists' understanding of biodiversity and protectionof natural resources. The article aimedatpointingout the current status of ecotourism development activities and thereby proposing solutions to improve the efficiency of ecotourism activities in Xuan Thuy National Park. In addition to secondary information, primary data were collected from 110 tourists, 35 households participating in providing ecotourism services, 2 management staff of Xuan Thuy National Park, and 12 managers at district and commune level. The research results show that ecotourism development has had an unstable growth over the past time and was facing many difficulties and challenges such as poor infrastructure for ecotourism, low level of human resources, etc. The tourism expertise wasnot high as well as tourism products werelimited, and lackedcohesion with tour operators and routes in attracting visitors. The solutions to promote ecotourism in Xuan Thuy National Park are suggested as follows: organizing and promoting ecotourism development; improvingthe efficiency of management and protection of natural resources and the environment; investingin infrastructure for eco-tourism in Giao Thuy district.