PLANNING FOR URBAN TOURISM ROUTES ON BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES IN SECONDARY RIVERFRONT CITIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/jem.2023.4Keywords:
urban tourism, secondary cities, built environmental, network analysis, rapid surveyAbstract
The study of planning for urban tourism routes on built environmental resources in secondary riverfront cities using geographic information systems is a part of the research project on urban tourist development from built environment resources located in secondary river cities. This study aims to examine and analyze tourism resources in terms of the built environment and architectural heritage in secondary cities. The destinations of tourism networks of architectural elements and historical urban landscapes were gathered from previous studies, cultural heritage atlas, and/or databases organized by cultural agencies or organizations. This study employed network analysis with the Google Maps API through the Google Optimization Tools (OR-Tools), which is a popular database used by tourists to find routes for their trips. The surveys were conducted at 3 riverside towns or communities: Padriew, Tha Chalom, and Meaklong which represent potential secondary cities for the preservation and development of the historical urban landscape, architectural heritage, waterfront landscape integrated travel routes arising from the existing resource to optimize for new urban tourism pattern.
The results show the self-travelling routes of each city by bicycle, which can be implemented by local authorities and/or municipalities to manage their area in response to new urban tourism travelers and can also be used as a database to develop their supporting tourism facilities.
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