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Guidelines for management of Kew Mae Pan and Pha Mon Nature Trail,Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand |
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| Creator | Pitoon Amornwitthawat |
| Title | Guidelines for management of Kew Mae Pan and Pha Mon Nature Trail,Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand |
| Contributor | Nareerat Thanakasem, Panjarat Samanasena and Chonticha Pansawang, Jakkrit Charoensit |
| Publisher | Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Thai Interdisciplinary Research |
| Journal Vol. | Vol. 13 |
| Journal No. | N0. 3 |
| Page no. | 22 |
| Keyword | nature trail, national park, Kew Mae Pan, Pha Mon, Doi Inthanon |
| URL Website | www.rdi.npru.ac.th |
| Website title | วารสารวิจัยสหวิทยาการไทย |
| ISSN | 2465-3837 |
| Abstract | Environmental degradation and the shortage of skilled workers for hospitality services in Kew Mae Pan and PhaMon Nature Trail, Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand are a result of the rapid growth of demand for nature-basedtourism. Based on the past research, many destinations had attempted to solve the problems, but not beingsuccessful. Thus, understanding different characteristics of the nature trail, management attributes, and problems oftourism management could help the manager to set effective management strategies reducing the negative socioculturaland environmental impacts from tourism development. This study aimed to 1) identify differentcharacteristics of Kew Mae Pan and Pha Mon Nature Trail, 2) investigate the problems of tourism management, and3) propose the guidelines for managing sustainable tourism in Kew Mae Pan and Pha Mon Nature Trail. The studyused qualitative research by an in-depth interview, focus group, and field survey method. The samples were 15people from the senior advisory committees and youth advisory councils, local guides, national park officers in KewMae Pan and Pha Mon including professional community-based tourism research consultants. Keeping formalwriting and electronic records were used to collect data between October and November 2016. It was analyzed byusing content and thematic analysis.The results indicated that Kew Mae Pan had suffered polluted condition around the area due to visitorovercapacity. The national park officer should limit amount of visitors permitted on the trail. Moreover, tourists'inappropriate behaviors should be also controlled by strict enforcement of a law and regulation. For the case of PhaMon, since the trail faces the lack of young people who are the successors of community-based tourismmanagement, the senior village leader should pay attention to build the learning organization in the community.Additionally, Young generation needs to study about community-based tourism management as well as foreignlanguages especially English and French with specialists for their career development in the future. |
