แนวทางการพัฒนาการท่องเที่ยวเชิงวัฒนธรรมจังหวัดร้อยเอ็ด / ปริวัตร ปาโส = Guidelines for development of cultural tourism in Roi-Et Province /Pariwatr Paso
The purpose of this research was to propose a cultural tourism development guideline for Roi-Et Province. The 410 samplings were divided into 3 groups of Roi-et residents (n=200), tourists visiting Roi-et (n=200), and 10 government officers responsible for tourism development in Roi-et. Data were collected using questionnaires to residents and tourists, and using in-depth interview to the government officers. Data from questionnaires were analyzed using mean and percentile, and data from interview were group and described. Draft of the guideline for cultural tourism development was concluded from the results of Roi-et residents and tourists’ opinions; recommendations from government officers; coupled with Roi-et Tourism Plan and Policy. The draft was sent to 5 entrepreneurs in tourism development to recommend before proposing. The Cultural tourism development guideline proposed from this study were as follow: 1) Continuously promoting of cultural events especially 12 month religious events, and local folk songs and folk dances are necessary 2) accessibility to the destinations should be developed, and connected to each other 3) Management standard of the destination should be developed such as tourist zoning 4) Variety of tourism programs with reasonable price are appreciated 5) Both residents and tourists should involve in conservation of cultural tourism activities that reflect local life style such as home-stay 6) Tourism supplementary services such as hospital, bank, petrol station should be developed to meet the tourists increasing number 7) The educational policy should included cultural tourism in the curriculum to embedding cultural values and sense of belonging to the youths 8) Cultural learning center should be found to exhibit local signatures 9) Both short-term and long-term development plan should be continuously be implemented and should compatible with the budget 10) Government should support local involvements and budget for tourism development.
