Sukhothai Heritage and Tourism: An International Viewpoint
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The paper concludes the process of a research-based and international collaboration of ICOMOS-ICTC and partners in Thailand, including Thammasat University, ICOMOS Thailand, TCEB and DASTA Thailand. The process during 2012-2015 could be divided into three parts: rethinking on the master plan, identifying the value of destination and initiating the capacity building projects. Firstly, the multidisciplinary study of tourism planning at the Sukhothai World Heritage Site in Thailand revealed a number of challenges, especially the differences of the international policies, government’s master plan and community’s identification of values on the cultural heritage destination. Secondly, eight problematic issues of the site were identified from a participatory research and international cultural tourism experts’ workshop. Thirdly, in search for sustainable and new tourism products, some built environment related projects were carried out to improve the aspects of value interpretation.
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