Abstract:
The objectives of this research are (1) to study cultural tourism management (2) to study public relations strategies in promoting of cultural tourism (3) to study public relations strategies for community’s participation in cultural tourism management. This research is qualitative research that the information gathered from interviews and relatively documents. The research in the part of tourism management found that the causative of cultural tourism management can divided into 2 patterns include (1) the outsiders are explorer and work with people in community to develop cultural tourist site(2) the insiders or people in community are explorer and develop cultural tourism by themselves. The research in the public relations process to promote cultural tourism found that main media that use in promoting of cultural tourism include (1) mass media and relations tactics that use via mass media included press conference, press trip, press release, and to publish by insert cultural tourism in mass media program (2) personal media included the people in community and tourists by word of mouth tactic. (3) specially media and (4)internet. Public relations strategies in promoting of cultural tourism included various media and channels strategy, partnerships strategy and value added strategy. The research in the public relations process for community’s participation found that the process included (1) Sender or leader of public relations that are the leaders of community. (2) Message are focused on culture conservation, building love and feeling of pride, being good host, suggest benefit of tourism and encourage to keep clean. (3) Media or channel included local personal media and local phone link. (4) Receiver included people in community. Public relations strategies for community’s participation included media specific group strategy, strategic use of reliable person, strategic use of communications network, strategic use of building love and feeling of pride and strategy to suggest benefit of tourism.