The purposes of this study were 1) Study the participation of the community in tourism development. 2)To know the problems and obstacles in community participation in tourism development. 3)Guidelines for the development of community participation in tourism management Cultural Tourism Community of Old Town by the Phetchaburi River. The instruments used of the study was in-depth interviews with key informants 12 people. The research findings were as follows: Cultural Tourism Community of Old Town by the Phetchaburi River participate in decision making operation benefit and participate in the evaluation of tourism management. Problems and obstacles to community participation: downtime in sync disagreement participation. Guidelines for the development of community participation in tourism management: community participation give precedence to the people in the community emphasis on working according to plan know how to solve problems for development.

The purposes of this study were 1) Study the factors influencing the development of health tourism sites according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports standards for the Hot Springs community Nong Ya Plong District Phetchaburi Province. 2) To set guidelines for the development of health tourism sites in accordance with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports standards for the hot spring village Nong Ya Plong District Phetchaburi Province. The instruments used of the study was in-depth interviews with key informants 24 people. The research findings were as follows: Factors influencing development And guidelines for the development of health tourism sites according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports standards for the Hot Springs community It was found to be divided into 2 main issues: The main standards of health tourism sites Natural hot spring type And the potential to be a health tourism attraction Natural hot spring type.

The research aims to 1) promote historic and cultural tourism at royal temples in Ayutthaya province; and to 2) identify ways of promoting cultural tourism sustainably. The research methodology is mixed-method. The quantitative data was collected from approximately 400 Thai tourists by means of questionnaires. The qualitative data was collected by means of interviews with 8 tourism stakeholders in Ayutthaya province. Data were analyzed to identify the frequency percentage mean (x̅) and standard deviation (S.D.) using SPSS. The research found that Thai tourists and tourism stakeholders support measures to develop Royal temples in Ayutthaya including: 1)Wat Phra Sri San Phet; 2) Wat Panan Cheng Worawiharn; 3) Wat Na Phra Maen; 4) Wat Kasattra Thirat; and 5) Wat Phrom Niwat. In order to develop this royal temples there should be co-operation between locals and the private sector to promote sustainable tourism and to preserve the beautiful heritage sites as world heritage sites. The private sector and locals should support sustainable tourism activities and Thai culture to attract tourists who can encourage socio-economic development. In addition tourism facilities should be developed such as tourism landscapes parking areas tourism information public toilets and facilities for the elderly and disabled. Tourism policy should be supported through co-operation between locals and tourism stakeholders. Tourism management authorities and locals should support activities to preserve culture in order to attract more tourists and increase tourism revenue.