A Development of Community–Based Tourism Enterprise in the Initial Stage of Community–Based Tourism: Ban Koh Raet, Donsak District, Surat Thani Province
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This study employed a participatory action research (PAR) approach aiming (1) to analyze tourism stakeholders at Koh Raet community, Donsak District, Surat Thani Province, and (2) to develop a community–based tourism enterprise at the Koh Raet community, Donsak District, Surat Thani Province. The mechanism was based on engagement from 92 stakeholders, informants, and participants. The representative samples consisted of five community leaders and village committees, twenty–nine tourism service providers, forty–six local community residents, and twelve government representatives. The data collections were undertaken by in–depth interviews, focus group discussions, and brainstorming meetings. The research methods used three sets of semi-structured interviews and triangulation to enhance the credibility of the findings. Indexes were added to identify and summarize data and to write a descriptive data discussion. The results included two parts according to the objectives. It was shown that tourism stakeholders at the Koh Raet community were divided into two levels of local community stakeholders and provincial–national stakeholders. Moreover, the results highlighted the mechanism that engaged all stakeholders at both levels to successfully establish a community–based tourism enterprise.
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