Abstract:
The purposes of research entitled "The capacity development of the
community and the local administrative organization in enhancing the Buddhist and
cultural tourism of Thais and Laos were 1) to study the principle, concepts, and
theory related to the tourism 2) to study the problems of the community and the
local administrative organization in enhancing the Buddhist and cultural tourism of
Thais - Laos and 3) to study the guideline of the capacity development of the
community and the local administrative organizations in enhancing the Buddhist and
cultural tourism of Thais - Laos. This research was the mixed research both the
documentary research and qualitative research in field study by using the mixed
methodological research emphasizing
Interviewing, observation and focus group participating with eccl.
Administrative officers, administrators of the local administrative organizations, the
leaders of community, academicians, entrepreneurs and tourists consisting of 50
subjects. The instruments for study are the questionnaires with interviewing or
interview guideline and observation. The data analysis is the content analysis.
The results of research were found that:
1. The principle, concepts and theory concerning the tourism can be
divided into 4 categories, that is, 1) the concepts related to the tourism 2) the
concepts related to the tourist resources 3) the Buddhist and cultural tourism and
4) the concepts related to the development of the capacity of the community and
location.
2. The results of studying the problems of the community and the local
administrative organization in enhancing the Buddhist and cultural tourism of Thais-
Laos were found that 1) the Buddhist tourism has the limitation in the less tourist
resources and always finds natural disasters. In the branch of administration, it is lack
of the guideline to manage how to focus on the enhancement of tourism and lack of
the skill in the branch of service, not to have the interpreters to give the knowledge
to the tourists. In the branch of the tourist activity management, it is lack of the
creative activities enhancing the occupation income of the community. The majority
of activities is the meritorious activities in accordance with the Buddhist tradition,
that is, to worship the Buddha by asking for blessing from the sacred Buddha's image
and to worship the pagodas. In the branch of participation, it is lack of the
participation in the activities of enhancing the tourism in accordance with the
tradition only. While the cultural tourism, it has the limitation in continuation of the
activities occurring in accordance with the time of festival only. The majority of
administration has the main problems in the convenience of traffic, parking lots,
water closets. In addition, it is still lack of integration of the temples, public sectors
and state sectors.
3. The results of studying the guideline in developing the capacity of the
community and the local administrative organizations in enhancing the Buddhist and
cultural tourism of Thais and Laos were found that 1) in the branch of the tourist
resources, The enhancement and preservation of the primitive ways of the
community must be made to motivate the tourists including the development of the
facilities for response of the tourists' requirement and the universal standards 2) in
the branch of administration, the administration must focus on the participation by
the state sector supporting both knowledge, persons and budgets by integration of
administration among the temples, government sector and the public sector
perfectively 3) in the branch of the tourist, it must develop the creative activities,
diversities, suitable for the local culture and tradition and the law of the nation and
4) in the branch of participation, the participation must be created in every sectors
altogether with the temples, community, government sector, volunteer in every
categories of the tourist activities.