Kantang Railway Station : Being Make of the Commoditization for Tourism

Abstract

This article aims to study the commoditization of Kantang railway station in tourism wave by using qualitative research methodology, in-depth interviews of 13 people who provided information to the data analyzed by classification, interpretation and conclusion and presents descriptive analytical findings. The results showed that the Kantang railway station has changed its role from the original was. It became the commoditization definition of the meaning of the Commoditization of Kantang railway station. Because of the value and meaning of Kantang railway station of the changing. From a point of travel of people and goods, but when the current cultural tourism In this kind of longing for the past to play a role in the attraction of Kantang, Trang province. The government has to improve the space Kantang railway station to become tourist attraction Kantang railway station has been built from the elements was created the commoditization toward tourism. Kantang railway station of the value 1 of the 20 historic sites that the famous tourist attraction in Trang province and a landmark of Kantang that the tourists come to admire experience the atmosphere of the past a lot of historical value that the villagers orchid come a long double.