Abstract:
This research aimed to investigate the image communication and public participation of
Chanthaboon Waterfront Community, Chanthaburi, in the promotion of sustainable tourism and to explore the approaches for communicating image and public participation process of the community in collaboration with other organizations. Data were obtained through document analysis and in-depth interviews with 9 key informants whose work was related to image communication and the development of the tourism in the community.
The result revealed that the image communication for tourism promotion was the presentation of five identities of the community including architecture, art, religion, culture and tradition, and local living through word of mouth spread by people in the community and a variety of communication channels. Factors of tourism promotion included public participation and the establishment of communitys goals, the determination of policy by community leaders together with community members, and systematic tourism management