Community-Based Participation in Cultural Tourism Management in Bo Suak Sub-District, Muang District, Nan Province

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Kodchaphorn Vesurai
Yuttakarn Waiapar

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Based on the quantitative research, the main purpose of this dissertation aimed to investigate the levels of communities’ participation in cultural tourism management in Bo Souk sub-district, Muang district, Nan province. For research methodology, an interviewed questionnaire was conducted with 17 inhabitants living in Bo Souk sub-district, Muang district, Nan province. The findings of the study revealed that the numbers of female informants (75%) with their age of 50-99 (62.50%), their married status (75%), their primary educational backgrounds of (50%), their farming work (75%), as well as their income of less than 5,000 baht were mostly found in terms of demographical information. In addition, the communities’ participation in cultural tourism management in Bo Souk sub-district, Muang district, Nan province with its mean of 2.98 was very mostly found, followed by their final decision with its mean of 2.82, and their beneficiaries and evaluation follow-ups with its mean of 2.69. As a result, the community dwellers’ pride of tourism resources together with the importance of tourism upgraded for their better ways of life directly led to the communities’ required tourism management.

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Vesurai, K. ., & Waiapar, Y. (2020). Community-Based Participation in Cultural Tourism Management in Bo Suak Sub-District, Muang District, Nan Province . Dusit Thani College Journal, 14(3), 17–33. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journaldtc/article/view/245489
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