Tourist’s Perspective on Community-Based Tourism as a Strategy for Historic Neighborhood Revitalization: a Case Study of Nang Loeng

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Nang loeng, an old-town district in Bangkok Metropolis, is a microcosm of the historic urban communities in tourist cities at risk of expropriation which are facing the dilemma of being forced to relocate for planned development. Nang loeng area is trying to adopt community-based tourism as the main strategy to negotiate the planned developments and regenerate their communities. Despite community-based tourism is generally acknowledged as a positive strategy for social-economic revitalization since its community participation and co-decision making procession, there is a dual neglect in the fields of tourism and urban planning when examining the effectiveness of community-based  tourism as a strategy for historic neighborhood revitalization at a micro level.

Can the community-based tourism be an effective regeneration strategy protect local residents from being expelled? This research By taking Nang loeng area as a case study, this research examines tourist’s perspective on community-based tourism as a strategy for historic neighborhood revitalization.