Developing Creative Tourism Potential for Participatory Learning in Trang Tourist Attractions

Abstract

This research is about the participatory development of creative tourism for learning tourist attractions in Trang Province. The purposes es of the s e study were to study the participatory developmental process of creative tourism for learning tourist attractions in Trang Province. The study was designed in the qualitative research whereas the research instruments indluded an observation form, a structured interview, a focus group, and analyze the data by interpretation analysis. The collected data were synthesized to form a participatory developmental process of creative tourism in Trang Province. The participants of the study consisted of govern ment officers, community leaders, and local people in communities for 30 people. The research results revealed that creative tourist attractions in Trang were situated in the coverage of 10 districts. In these attractions, tourists participated in the community potential development through tourist activities. According to the participatory developmental process, the researchers have designed such process in cooperation among tourists and local people in the communities in order to develop the sustainable potential of the communities' creative tourist attractions. This process covered planning, analytical thinking, implementation, and supervision.