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标题：Developing Cultural Tourism in Border Province: A Case Study on Bueng Kan Province, Thailand
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作者：Thirachaya Maneenetr
期刊名称：Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2039-2117
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
期号：23
页码：55-62
DOI：10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p55
出版社：Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER)
摘要：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.
关键词：Border province;Cultural tourism;tourists’ opinions;tourists’ demands