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The Approach for Cultural Tourism Management Through the Participation of Cultural Communities in Nakhon Sawan Province |
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| Creator | Varapop Wongrod |
| Title | The Approach for Cultural Tourism Management Through the Participation of Cultural Communities in Nakhon Sawan Province |
| Publisher | Graduate School;Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2557 |
| Journal Title | SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC JOURNAL |
| Journal Vol. | 9 |
| Journal No. | 26 |
| Page no. | 13-28 |
| Keyword | cultural tourism, cultural community |
| ISSN | 2408-1647 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this research was to study potentials and ways of cultural tourism management focusing on the development of participatory process between the community and the local organization. Key informants were executives and local council members, sub-district leaders, village headmen, cultural council chairperson, teachers, students, and community leaders. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used. Meetings, trainings and workshops, public forums, study visits, and pilot tourism activities were held. The findings are as follows: Potentials for cultural tourism management of all 3 places indicated that they had readiness in organizing cultural tourism due to having historical study resources, ways of life of the nationalities, customs and traditions, and local wisdom specific to the identity of the community. In the aspect of tourism management, development had been given to old learning resources as well as new ones. There was awareness in values; consciousness had been built in managing the capital and resources of the community by inheriting and passing on their customs and traditions as well as local wisdom. There were knowledge sharing and trainings about prototype community in cultural tourism management. There were cultural management learning activities to promote tourism. As for the approach for cultural tourism management through participation, knowledge sharing forums were arranged to search for potentials, to brainstorm, and to set up a working group. Co-ordination and cooperation between networks had been done in terms of areas and topics dependent on the community. The information system was set up. There were also resource management, development of learning resources, and pilot activities for cultural tourism. Cultural community development plans had been made as well as the local cultural data system. Cultural community funds were set up as well as a cultural community committee. |
