Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism on Environment: A Case Study of Pattaya City, Thailand
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Jun 10, 2019
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Pattaya Tourism Development Environmental sustainability
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Pattaya is located on the eastern coastline of Thailand’s Gulf of Thailand, 149.2 km from Bangkok. It experienced considerable, rapid and mainly unplanned growth during 1960s and 1970s as a rest and recreation resort for US military personnel based in Thailand. Pattaya has been promoted as one of Thailand’s major tourist destinations and continued to grow rapidly. Pattaya is well known for its beaches, its nightlife and a range of festivals and events. The paper investigates the influences of tourism on environmental sustainability of Pattaya beaches where are greatly affected in both positive and negative ways seeking for the solution to maintain Pattaya as one of the major tourist destinations of Thailand in the future.
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Agarwal, R., Kariyapol, T., & Pienchob, N. (2019). Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism on Environment: A Case Study of Pattaya City, Thailand. Sripatum Review of Humanities and Social Sciences, 19(1), 136–147. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/spurhs/article/view/193591
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บทความวิชาการ
1. กองบรรณาธิการสงวนสิทธิ์ในการพิจารณาและตัดสินการตีพิมพ์บทความในวารสาร
2. บทความทุกเรื่องจะได้รับการตรวจสอบทางวิชาการโดยผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ แต่ข้อความและเนื้อหาในบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนแต่เพียงผู้เดียว มิใช่ความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของมหาวิทยาลัยศรีปทุม
3. การคัดลอกอ้างอิงต้องดำเนินการตามการปฏิบัติในหมู่นักวิชาการโดยทั่วไป และสอดคล้องกับกฎหมายที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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