A Community-Based Tourism in the Community around Pa-sak Jolasid Dam: the Creativity Use of Folklore

Abstract

This study intends to study, and collect the information of the local folklores, and to employ the information proposing the Creative folklore-based tourism-routes in the communities around  Pa-sak Jolsasid Dam area. The seven communities using as the sample areas were: 1) Khok-Salung, Phatthana-Nikhom district, Lop Buri; 2) Nong-Bua, Phatthana-Nikhom district, Lop Buri; 3) Phatthana-Nikhom (Phraya-Dernthong Mount.), Phatthana-Nikhom district, Lop Buri; 4) Dee-Lung, Phatthana-Nikhom district, Lop Buri; 5) Huai-Khunram, Phatthana-Nikhom district, Lop Buri; 6) Bua-Chum, Chai-Badan district, Lop Buri and 7) Wang-Muang, Wang-Muang district, Sara Buri.

The results of the study suggested the four tourist routes including: 1. a community-based tourism of Thai-Beng’s ways of life; 2. a fishery culture and local foods; 3. a history and local fables and 4. a religion route: paying respect to Buddha and make a wish in the nine temples. The researcher proposes the four folklore-based tourist routes using the knowledge of folklore as the core, with the hope to increase the value on the local tourism. This could help establishing the new value and meaning for the local folklore, and could also help it to rebirth as the new form of the local tourist attractions. With the proposed tourist routes, it is believed that the local knowledge could be preserved. Moreover, there would be the connections among the old tourist attractions, so those old tourist places would gain more profits, and more chances for the working labors. This could help enhancing the local people living around the dam on their quality of life.