The Guideline for Development of Community Model Based on Low Carbon Tourism for Upgrading to A Green Tourist Destination; A Case Study of Agro-Tourism Attraction at Maha–Sawat Canal Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom Province
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The guideline for the development of a community model based on low-carbon tourism for upgrading to a green tourist destination; a case study of agro-tourism attraction at Maha- Sawat Canal Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom Province. The research aimed 1) to study the potential of the tourist destination. 2) to study the factors affecting an achievement to adapt in the agro-tourism site, and 3) to analyze guidelines for the development of a community model based on low-carbon tourism. The key informants were divided into 3 groups: in-depth interviews with 10 key informants, who related to the agro-tourism site, 10 key informants, who have low-carbon tourism experience, and focus groups with 20 stakeholders. The research results were found as follows: 1) The potential of the agro-tourism site at Maha-Sawat Canal is outstanding with the way of agriculture and followed the rule of sufficiency economy and adapted to their living. There are 6 tourism components, including accessibility, accommodation, attraction, amenity, activity, and ancillary service. 2) The factors affecting an achievement consist of 1) the potential factors of a tourist destination: tourism resources, tourist attraction management, eco-friendly tourism activity, and partnerships. 2) low carbon components; low carbon community; observe and acrylic tourism resources; eco-friendly tourism in 4 aspects, including transportation, tourism activity, local food and accommodation, and 3) other factors; community empowerment, technology, and partnerships. 3) The guideline for the development of a community model based on low-carbon tourism presents a low-carbon model of agro-tourism sites divided into upstream (preparation for the community), the middle stream (development level), and downstream a model community based on low-carbon tourism for agro-tourism sites.
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