The Challenges of ASEAN Youth Organization in Promoting ASEAN Tourism Growth

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วันอามีนา แวหะมะ Wanamina Waehama
ชาคริต ศรีสกุน • Chakrit Srisakun

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the tourism sector of ASEAN countries, understand what challenges faced the ASEAN Youth Organization, and how ASEAN Youth Organization could best utilize strategy in executing their mission and overcoming challenges that faced them in their efforts of promoting ASEAN Tourism. The respondents included fifteen ASEAN Youth Leaders and stakeholders which covered ASEAN Countries and two non-ASEAN Countries. The qualitative research data were utilized in the determination of the final deductions of the research. The result found that the transformation leadership can be encouraged the AYO to achieve their purposes, the youth vigor in tourism campaign was a great plan for attracting more and more tourists, and tourism management theory and practice been poor. The further investigation should be incorporated the similar model of study but had to carry out the empirical research in order to enhance the validity by means of the empirical findings, adding the other regions for tourism and determine the weaknesses in the ASEAN region with the contrasting effects, and the sample size in order to determine more detailed and enlightening views from the personnel of tourism industry.

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Wanamina Waehama ว. แ., & • Chakrit Srisakun ช. ศ. (2018). The Challenges of ASEAN Youth Organization in Promoting ASEAN Tourism Growth. Dusit Thani College Journal, 11(special), 75–92. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journaldtc/article/view/135767
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