PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH: A POSSIBLE RESEARCH METHOD FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THAILAND
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Thailand’s economy is primarily reliant on the service industry, which generates a large amount of income for the country, and tourism represents a key cluster of the service sector. The development of sustainable tourism requires cooperation over multiple sectors and, most importantly, the valorization of local community. In order to give rise to said valorization, stakeholders should be involved in the building of a shared local identity. Thus reinforcing a sense of belonging and creating a stronger community in which emigration rates decline and a sustainable tourist economy based on local identities is able to emerge. This
process can be implemented through the application of Participatory Action Research (PAR): a method of research that involves the engagement of a community to arrive at best practices in social contexts. The article, Participatory Action Research: A Possible Research Method for Developing Sustainable Tourism in Thailand, aims to explain the concepts, definitions, features and key characteristics of the PAR process, and apply this research methodology to sustainable tourism development in Thailand. Researchers, academics and agencies involved in tourism development can apply and adapt PAR methodology to specific contexts in order to develop local identities, build tourism communities and conserve tourism resources. The goal of the
development of community-based tourism is to strengthen local communities’ capacity to benefit from sustainable tourism.
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“ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ขอรับรองว่า บทความที่เสนอมานี้ยังไม่เคยได้รับการตีพิมพ์และไม่ได้อยู่ระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารหรือแหล่งเผยแพร่อื่นใด ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วมยอมรับหลักเกณฑ์การพิจารณาต้นฉบับ ทั้งยินยอมให้กองบรรณาธิการมีสิทธิ์พิจารณาและตรวจแก้ต้นฉบับได้ตามที่เห็นสมควร พร้อมนี้ขอมอบลิขสิทธิ์บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ให้แก่สถาบันการจัดการปัญญาภิวัฒน์หากมีการฟ้องร้องเรื่องการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์เกี่ยวกับภาพ กราฟ ข้อความส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่งและ/หรือข้อคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วมยินยอมรับผิดชอบแต่เพียงฝ่ายเดียว”
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