This article aims to study local community participation in agrotourism and propose guidelines to promote local community participation in developing agrotourism in Ban Mor Village, Sam Sung District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand, which is an agricultural village based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy = .33). The guidelines that were proposed to promote local community participation in the development of agrotourism included: 1) promoting agrotourism in the Ban Mor Village through advertising 2) improving local facilities to respond tourists' needs and expectation, 3) establishment of a local agricultural learning center 4) building agrotourism networks, and 5) promoting the roles of the young members of the community in agrotourism.
This articles aims to study tourists' opinions and tourists' demands for cultural tourism and guidelines to developing cultural tourism in Bueng Kan province, Thailand. This is a new Thai -Lao border province with the Mekong River as a natural boundary. The researchers applied Mix method. The results show that most tourists appreciate memories from the cultural tourism trip in Bueng Kan province and would like to learn more about the way of life of the local community. Regarding the demand for cultural tourism, overall, tourists' demands for cultural tourism in Bueng Kan province is at the high level. The guidelines to develop cultural tourism in Bueng Kan province, Thailand that were proposed included 1) improvement of the infrastructure 2) creating routes and activities based on local culture 3) establishing a tourists center of information 4) supporting homestay at the Cultural tourism destination.
This article aims to study international tourists' opinions and the international tourists' demand for the Naga Fireball
representatives of involved public organizations and local philosophers to discuss about promoting the value of the Naga Fireball Festival in Nong Khai province, Thailand. The results show that most tourists would like to see the Naga Fireball Festival because it is based on the local culture regarding the Naga serpents. In reference to the demand of international tourists, positive attitudes of local residents towards tourists (S.D. = 0.51), experience in telling stories about the Naga Legend (S.D. = 0.56), awareness of the local life style and culture along the Mekong River (S.D. = 0.50), day trips to sacred sites dealing with the Legend of Naga (S.D. = 0.52), landscape arrangements (S.D. = 0.49), safety and security for tourists (S.D. = 0.50), and reliable sources of information about the
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