Community Needs for Potential Development Volunteer – Focused Tourism: Case Study of Mon Bang Khadi Community
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The development of volunteer tourism management for Bang Kradi community needs is the main target group as a tourism service. This is an important mechanism for promoting and encouraging the Bang Kradi community to be a model for volunteer tourism management. Therefore, a research study of community needs for volunteer tourism management is needed. This is quantitative research using population survey research techniques in the Mon Bang Kradi community, Bang Khun Tien district, Bangkok.
The study found that the Mon Bang Kradi community has the highest level of demand for volunteer-based tourism (= 4.3749). The Songkran festival is the most popular activity for volunteer tourism (17.40%), followed by the traditional merit of the village (13.87%), the merit flower festival (10.97%), and the honey offering ceremony (10.84%).
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Boonchai Preechapisit, Chitra Veeraburinon & Sudjit Janenoppakanjana. (2014). The Conservation and Development of Cultural Tourism of the Mon Community at Bang Kradee, Bangkhuntien District, Bangkok. The 4th STOU Graduate Research Conference.
Handsup Holidays. (2012). Meaningful Taste Volunteering Projects for You to Choose. Retrieved from http://www.handsupholidays.com/read/volunteer-projects
Kanchana Sommit & Nithat Boonpaisarnsatit. (2013). Guidelines for Volunteer Tourism Development in the Upper North of Thailand. FEU Academic Review, 7(1), 47–58.
Pannee Suanpang. (2016). The Voluntourism Development in Sanuk Group (Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan). Bangkok: the Thailand Research Fund.
Yamene, T. (1973). Statistics: An Introductory Analysis. 3rd ed. Singapore: Time.