Paper Title :The Cultural Tourism Development for Older Persons in Thailand
Author :Cholvitjearajit
Article Citation :Cholvitjearajit ,
(2018 ) " The Cultural Tourism Development for Older Persons in Thailand " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 66-69,
Volume-4,Issue-11
Abstract : The study of “The Cultural Tourism Development for Older Persons” has 3 purposes: 1) to examine and analyze
opinions of older persons toward the cultural tourism development for older persons; 2) to analyze ways and the network of
cultural tourism development for older persons; and 3) to propose policies of cultural tourism development for older persons.
This mixed method research includes quantitative research methodology to explore and analyze opinions of the sample group
of 416 older persons travelling in 12 studying areas of cultural tourism in this study, while the qualitative research methodology
involves documentary research on cultural tourism and situations of aging society as well as fieldworks. The results revealed
that, firstly, the reasons for cultural tourism for most of the sample groups are family relaxation, praying and making merit, and
attractive activities of cultural tourism. While the opinions of expectation toward cultural tourism for older persons, from the
least agreement to highest agreement, expressed that the sample group similarly agreed most with the influence of entrance fee
toward the decision of cultural and Buddhism-based tourism, then the suitable staff in cultural and Buddhism-based tourism
areas providing proper services to older persons. Secondly, it was found that there are 3 ways to develop the cultural tourism:
research and development of cultural tourism, stimulating Local Administrative Organization as the main host for tourism
development, and expanding advanced and impartial tourism business system for tourists. Additionally, the results revealed
that network development requires at least 3 essential associations: local network of cultural tourism, entrepreneurial network
of cultural tourism, and governmental network. Lastly, this research proposes 3 policies developing and advancing cultural
tourism for older persons: developing sub-region travel routes of cultural tourism for older persons, encouraging tax benefit
policies for older persons and their family, and expanding information for cultural tourism for older persons.
Index Terms - Cultural Tourism, Development, Older Persons
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-4,Issue-11
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-14386
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