Management of Environmental Friendly Hotel by the Reflection from Local Community in Southern Thailand
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This research objective was to study management of environmental friendly hotel in southern Thailand. This qualitative research was considerate as the case study selective by using of purposeful sampling method, which was The Paradise Koh Yao hotel were awarded by certified green standard as environmental friendly hotel and FTO organization under Travel-Ife sustainable project. This hotel will be the representative among another qualified hotels where was located in the South-western of Thailand. The research instruments used in data collection stage was focus-group method. The data was collected from the representative of hotel and local communities; those were Family, local community, Local school, Religion & Cultural organization, Sub-district Administration Organization, and Sub-district hospital. The qualitative data were content analyzed.
Findings showed that management of environmental friendly hotel by the reflection from local community in southern Thailand in order to be jointed developed into growth and prosperous sustainability were Family local community, which composed of (1) to increase of budget support for local activities (2) to educate of hotel specialize knowledge for local people (3) to increase of hotel environmental staff’s manpower and (4) to make system of hotel reward nights point enable exchange with local homestay. Local school, which composed of (1) to consider education funds subsidize to students who could produce of environmental friendly invention and (2) to promote and keep continue of environmental friendly project’s activities with local school. Religion & Cultural organization, which composed of (1) to dispatch staff or promoting to hotel’s guest constantly participate activities with local religion organization and (2) To subsidize budget for local religion and culture construction in good condition.
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