CREATIVE ECONOMY – BASED CULTURAL TOURISM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF SAKON NAKHON PROVINCE

Abstract

Cultural heritage is a living pattern formed by community, and transferred to the next generation in that society. Cultural heritage has considered as an evidence of local development in many perspectives such as social, history, local aesthetics, social spirit, local identity, and also play an important role in the contemporary lifestyle. This research main purposed to study local identity which is considered as cultural capital of Sakon Nakhon Province, and to create strategic in cultural tourism management based on creative economy of Sakon Nakhon Province Approach to Sustainable Tourism, The information was reviewed by related documents. Fieldwork was collected by purposive interview, group discussion, and participatory and non – participatory observation, its integration of concepts related to the concept of Criteria for classifying the cultural heritage, cultural tourism, identity and the concept of sustainable tourism management. In order to achieve these objectives, the paper will analyze the tangible cultural heritage, with its capacity for artistry which can be defined with all of the forms of traditional and popular or vernacular culture, the collective works originating in a given community and based on tradition such as residential building, town, arts, handicraft and tools. The intangible culture heritage included about the ways of life, traditions, vernacular culture such as literature, customs, languages, music, dance, rituals, festivals, wisdom and food. The results of the study found that the province still lack of the cultural heritage reservation strategy development, and the suitable approach in tourism management in a systematic and effective, that would result in the cultural capital that is available to promote cultural and creative tourism. An important issue supported the development of Creative Economy – Based Cultural Tourism successful that is; participation of stakeholders in the planning of cultural heritage management. Community, organizations, and etc should participate in the planning of cultural heritage management and tourism also. In addition, a respect of community right in the access of cultural heritage also important. Presentation and interpretation of the cultural heritage of their creative, and promote the production and sale of local handicrafts or produce other products, causing local income it is on the basis of an economic community measures to promote the distribution of income from tourism more widely for balanced in both national and local to enhance the economic development community approach to sustainable tourism development.

Keywords

• Cultural Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Identity value Creative Economy

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