Development of Creative Tourism Routes by the Community Ban San Kao Kom Mae Ramat Subdistrict Mae Ramat District Tak Province

Abstract

This research consists purposes were 1. to Study resources and potential in tourism management the Ban San Kao Kom community in Mae Ramat Subdistrict Mae Ramat District Tak Province and 2. to Develop creative tourism routes for the Ban San Kao Kom community in Mae Ramat Subdistrict Mae Ramat District Tak Province. This is a qualitative research. The research instrument is an interview form. The target group of the research is 30 people who were specifically selected. Then the collected data was analyzed using content analysis. The results found that 1) The tourism resources and potential are diverse and ready for development into creative tourism paths in all aspects, including routes and places, people, food, knowledge, wisdom, traditions, arts and culture. After studying the needs of the community in developing creative tourism routes by the Ban San Kao Kom community, the community wants to develop the Ban San Kao Kom area into a creative and new tourist destination. Moreover, they need the participation of the government, private sector, and local people in management by taking resources, knowledge from the community, lifestyle, and existing wisdom and developing it further to be presented to tourists in the form of various activities within the tourism route and 2) The researchers found that the route was created through community cooperation. It offers tourism activities in the form of learning and exchanging experiences with the community, which are Buddhist activities, knowledge development in handicrafts and processing of agricultural products, and traditional living and lifestyle learning activities. It consists of a tourism base and activities that show local identity. and reflect arts, culture, traditions, knowledge, and community wisdom in five tourism bases.