WETLAND AND BIOCULTURAL HERITAGE REGENERATION THROUGH THEMATIC ECOLOGICAL TOURISM PRACTICE: THE CASE OF PATAN SUB-DISTRICT, KHUN TAN DISTRICT, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND
The tourism managed and operated by local communities has evidently been a significant phenomenon in the 21st century, and therefore it is one of the challenging units in the tourism value chain. This study investigates the initiative of community ecological tourism and proposes a framework of eco...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universităţii din Oradea
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites |
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| Online Access: | https://gtg.webhost.uoradea.ro/PDF/GTG-4-2024/gtg.56404-1318.pdf |
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| Summary: | The tourism managed and operated by local communities has evidently been a significant phenomenon in the 21st
century, and therefore it is one of the challenging units in the tourism value chain. This study investigates the initiative of
community ecological tourism and proposes a framework of ecological tourism development. The inductive approach utilizes
field survey, in-depth interviews, participatory observation, focus group discussion with key tourism partners. The concept of
public private partnership (PPP) was applied. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was employed to rank the criteria for
ecological tourism development. The structural equation modelling (SEM), as a quantitative approach, was used to foster the
factors collected from the focus group. There are six criteria identified for sustainable ecological tourism development including:
environmental, economic, sociocultural, visitor experiences, infrastructure and logistics, and sustainability. Other six factors
enhance ecological tourism development namely: budget, knowledge, technological system, participation, community factors,
and social factors. Stakeholders highlight environment and community participation for sustainable development. Still, the local
residents lack knowledge on tourism management. Based on the findings, the sustainable ecological tourism development
framework for Patan was constructed. Future success factors that should be essentially developed involve inventory of local data
that will be useful for establishing identity and meaning making, local individuals’ learning and understanding of their local
knowledge, training and tourism interpretation and narratives for story-telling of its cultural landscape.
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| ISSN: | 2065-0817 2065-1198 |