Impact of Environmental Capital Factors, Social and Cultural Capital Factors, and Economic Capital Factors to Walking Street Activity: A Case Study of Nan Walking Street, Nan Province.

Abstract

Nan Walking Street is an important tourism area of Nan Province. It is located in the heart of the city near attractive places and has been a remarkable destination for tourists who traveled to Nan to discover at night time. Additional benefits of the walking street are increasing income for local operators, promoting a uniqueness of cultural tourism. At the same time, environmental impacts are resulting from tourism activities.This research aims to analyze environmental capital, social-cultural capital, and economic capital factors that affect the walking street activities in Nan city through a hierarchical analysis (AHP)process. Nine experts rated the factor significance. The research results were found that the environmental capital factor is the first priority for tourism management of Nan Walking Streetfollowed by social and cultural capital factor. and economic capital factor, respectively. When considering the most important of environmental score the factors in waste management and food waste must be handled properly with recommendations for tourists to take part in waste management by reducing food waste. On the part of the stakeholders should enhance the guidelines for the utilization of food waste, including establishing cooperation in determining waste management practices to reduce the amount of waste from the source. For social and cultural aspects, it was found that the safety factor was the first ranking priority, with recommendations for managing a safety plan in the walking street in Nan, and among the surrounding area. For the economy, it was found that tourism income was the first consideration ranking, where tourism income is essential to the sustainability of the Nan Walking Street activity and also leading to the distribution of income to merchants and tourism cluster operators, well as create a good quality of life for local people to meet the target of sustainable development goals.