ニェム ビン フー

Purpose: This study examines the perceived impacts of the nighttime economy in an emerging country: Vietnam. Theoretical framework: The literature about the nighttime economy in developed contexts was reviewed to guide this study. Method/design/approach: Two exploratory studies were implemented. The first one involved the qualitative analysis of user-generated content. The second one was related to an analysis of data gathered via a structured survey. Results and conclusion: The qualitative analysis of public opinions (n = 538) revealed the positive and negative aspects of the perceived impacts. The quantitative survey (n = 352) exposed the hidden elements of the perceived impacts, including the economic, sociocultural, environmental, and health impacts. Research implications: The differences in findings between this study and the prior research were highlighted to expand the literature on the nighttime economy. Implications for local administrators when projecting and managing this new economic activity were also discussed. Originality/value: The binary and multidimensional natures of nighttime economy impacts are simultaneously taken into account to enrich the literature on these particular issues.

Purpose Research about tourism impacts is abundant. However, existing studies often investigate tourism impacts from residents’ and tourists’ perspectives. The study targeting students is absent. The students’ perception and evaluation of tourism impact must be investigated independently to have more insights into improving the current education curriculum, which covertly addresses the impacts. Therefore, this study aims to examine university students’ perception of tourism impacts as young tourists to provide implications for better teaching of such content in the future. Design/methodology/approach Vietnam was chosen as the context, and a mixed method was employed. First, free elicitation with 118 university students was carried out to identify the students’ perceived impacts (109 items, four categories). Second, structured surveys using the previously generated content with 243 and 224 university students were implemented to identify the latent structures of the impacts (3-4 factors per impact category). Findings Tourism impacts can be dually perceived. In other words, they can come in positive or negative forms or are directed toward the destinations or the residents. However, being positive or negative, or affecting the place or the people, tourism impacts have some general and universal elements concerning the economic, sociocultural and environmental ones. In addition, they have some specific and contextual aspects, such as cross-border marriages, child labor and economic autonomy loss. Originality/value Tourism impacts seen from the perspective of university students are relatable and valuable for tourism education. Educators in Vietnam should consider revising the current curriculum to address all the tourism impacts overtly.

In vitro meat is a fairly new product on the market. As a result, public opinions about thisnew product are still uncertain and conflicting. This research continues to extend previousstudies by implementing a segmentation of the potential consumer market for in vitromeat. Using data gathered from young consumers in Vietnam (n = 393), this studyidentified three distinct segments: pessimists, optimists, and mainstreamers. Among thethree, the optimists, who might account for approximately a quarter of the whole market,could be considered to have the greatest potential to purchase in vitro meat, given theirpositive perception of the ethical and personal impacts of its production. Characteristics ofthis segment include familiarity, emotional attachment, and sensation-seeking tendencies.The theoretical and practical implications of this research are further discussed.