PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AT BAN CHIANG WORLD HERITAGE SITE

IF 0.5 Q4 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3727/109830421x16389456056298

Pattarachit Choompol Gozzoli, Roberto B. Gozzoli

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Abstract

This paper deals with the empowerment of local residents and the economic development of the World Heritage (WH) site at Ban Chiang, Thailand; a prehistoric necropolis dating back to the first millennium BC. The site itself was added to the WH list in 1992, with the intention of safeguarding it from further looting by local inhabitants through the possible combination of restrictive laws and tourism-generated income. To ascertain the success of those policies three decades later, tourism activities and local community participation have been assessed in this study through GIS spatial analysis and a questionnaire survey based on the Resident Empowerment through Tourism Scale (RETS). The spatial analysis shows that no tourism activity has developed within the heritage property, which remains unvisited by tourists, while the questionnaire survey confirms that tourism and the related income potential for Ban Chiang residents are limited, but they are proud of the fact that Ban Chiang is a WH site, and strongly support tourism. The other negative aspects are the lack of political participation by the local community, and the lack of tourism skills, both of which limit any possible further development of the site. Based on such results, a theoretical framework for sustainable heritage development derived from Landorf’s research is elaborated in this study, employing all the various stages of sustainable heritage development and analysis tools from site assessment to the planning and development stages.

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当地持份者参与班江世界遗产地

本文探讨了泰国班清世界遗产地的当地居民赋权与经济发展;一个可以追溯到公元前一千年的史前墓地。该遗址本身于1992年被列入世界遗产名录，目的是通过可能的限制性法律和旅游业产生的收入相结合，保护它免受当地居民的进一步掠夺。为了确定这些政策在三十年后的成功，本研究通过地理信息系统空间分析和基于居民通过旅游赋权量表(RETS)的问卷调查来评估旅游活动和当地社区参与。空间分析显示，遗产区内没有发展旅游活动，仍然没有游客参观，而问卷调查证实，旅游业和相关收入潜力对班蒋居民来说是有限的，但他们为班蒋是一个WH网站而感到自豪，并强烈支持旅游业。其他消极方面是当地社区缺乏政治参与，以及缺乏旅游技能，这两者都限制了该地点的任何进一步发展。在此基础上，本研究运用了遗产可持续发展的各个阶段以及从选址评估到规划和开发阶段的分析工具，阐述了源自Landorf研究的遗产可持续发展理论框架。

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TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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1.20

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16.70%

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