The research aims to investigate the problems and needs of the Lat Mayom Floating Market community in order to find ways to develop the market and improve the ability of tourism stakeholders to welcome foreign tourists. The research methodology was qualitative and data was collected by means of in-depth interviews with 20 tourism stakeholders in Lat Mayom Floating Market and a focus group discussion with 6 of these stakeholders. The research results indicate that Lat Mayom Floating Market is centred on agricultural tourism that presents the Thai way of life. The research identified several problems faced by floating market stakeholders including: difficulty in communicating in English; lack of tourism facilities to welcome tourists in the area of the floating market; and inadequate transfer of local wisdom and knowledge of tourism management to the younger generation. Due to these problems the participants stressed the need to receive training to develop their English and tourism management skills as well as the need to improve tourism facilities at this tourist site. Possible solutions to these problems identified by the research results include a project to train locals in many topics such as basic English for tourism service techniques to welcome tourists and knowledge of sustainable tourism management. The target group of this project should be locals who live in the area of Lat Mayom Floating Market. It is important that the training program be long-term to enable locals to practice English that can be used in real situations. Participants suggested that such a program could be organised by volunteers or by the government. Recommendations for developing Lat Mayom Floating Market include raising the awareness of both locals and tourists about conserving the environment and tourist safety (especially when taking boat rides); and preserving authentic culture of locals by developing only the tourism facilities (e.g. public toilets) that need to be improved not ง developing too many facilities such as parking lots or accommodation in order to limit the number of tourists to ensure the sustainability of Lat Mayom Floating Market.

This research aimed to study Thai and foreign tourists about development guidelines of historical tourist attraction. 400 Thai and foreign tourists who came to travel at Ayutthaya Historical Park Ayutthaya province. A questionnaire was used as a research instrument. The statistics used for analyzing data were percentage mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that most the tourists were female ages 31 – 40 years old. Their education backgrounds were Bachelor’s degree. Their occupations were private companies. Their were Thai and Foreign. In general The Development Guidelines of Historical Tourist Attractions. The first of development guidelines were Attractive Factors (To what extent does each of the followings attract tourist?) and next were The capabilities to support tourism (To what extent does each of the followings support tourism?) and Management and Administration (To what extent does each of the followings affect tourism?). The top 5 of development guidelines were The remarkable and unique history Architectural and artistic beauty Greatness a good image and recognition Enough accommodations and Convenient access to tourist destinations

The purposes of this research were to study the characteristics attitudes behavior and the needs of foreign tourists towards the hospitality of Chiang Rai people. The result found that most of foreign tourists were male ages 45 married and with Bachelor’s Degree. Their yearly income was upper 45001 US dollars. The objective of traveling was for pleasure. They got tourist information from others media : friends information display boards and tourist agencies. The overall attitudes of foriengner towards the hospitality of Chaing Rai people are at high level : Frendship accommodations migration convenience foods and restaurants safety tour and guide services transportation convenience public utilities and information services respectively. Most of them came to this province for the first time with their families and friends. They were most interested in natural sightseeing. They liked to stay in hotels and guess houses. They tend to come back and will recommend to others about Chiang Rai. They need a good hospitality signs for giving direction in English Officials safety staying in city with good location tourist information displays tourist assistance center officials for taking care of tourists with good skills of foreign languages providers polite speaking and guides are not exploited being honest.

The objectives of this research were to study the travel destination in South East Asia and travel motivation of European tourists. Survey research methodology was exploited by distributing questionnaires to sample group of 400 tourists which 198 were returned. Then descriptive statistic parameters including frequencies percentages means standard deviations and inferential statistics included a t-test one-way ANOVA Person’s Correlation Coefficients and Cronbach’s Alpha were employed to analyze the data with .05 significance level. The result of the research reveal that the first 5 tourist destination ranking of South East Asia country were Thai Vietnam Cambodia Indonesia and Malaysia. The result indicated that there are non-significant differences in both of travel motivation mean of European tourist which result also found the significant relationship between push and pull motivation.

The purpose of this research was to study ability to support and waste management in the tourist district of Phu Fa Nan for planning problems of environmental pollution solid waste according to the principle. To support the growth of tourism in the future with a focus on public sector participation in solid waste disposal. And studies to find solutions to waste management. The study was a Participatory Action Research (PAR). The population of study were Participants in the community. The collected data by focus group observation and interview. The result was the conditions for success of waste management (1) the participation of community leaders schools hospitals health promotion community health volunteer. Forest officials. Organization be coordinated to work together (2) the plan common to all sectors of the community and networking. Both public and private to recognize the importance of waste management in all sectors and reduce waste by separating waste before disposal and the recycling.