The Creative Tourism for learning the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Local Community Network of Mae Ramat District, TAK

Abstract

              The Creative Tourism for learning the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Local Communty Network of Mae Ramat District, TAK. The objecties of this research are                                                                                                                             1)  to create network of community researchers  to  develop cultural heritage in community in Mae Ramad district, Tak province                                       2)  to study the linkage  between  community cultural knowledges to be developed as tourism base by community researcher network,                             3)  to design and develop tourism route for learning cultural heritage of the communit and                                                                                                            4)  to develop and evaluate effectiveness of management and services using mixed method both in qualitive and quantitative data. To emphasize cooperation , community - based research was employed using interview , observation , taking photo and voice recorder.                                                    The target groups are network party, head of community , local scholars in Kanejue , Mae ramad   and   prathat  subdistrict ,  Mae ramad  district , Tak province.  The statistics used are mean,percentage and standard deviation with descriptive research. The findings shown that 1) Building community research network through seminars  and  group discussion comprised of 6 villages in subdistricts.                                                                                                      The community representatives (head of commuity, scholars, villagers)  worked  closely  with  supporting networks        (community development, community  administration ,   agricultural  bank , tourist police   and   Tak community college).  The replacement of  personel was done initially.  The researcher applied community-based research to trigger the development within the community to impressed the visitors.      2) studying the linkage between cultural heritage of communities ; well preserved natural capital and cultural capital, Mynmar social capital ,World War 2 historical capital and  trade route  from  Mae ramad to Tak district  and  Lampun  province.  These could  foundation to create activities and tourist attraction   in  Mae ramad.           3)  Designing and developing tourism routes to learn cultural heritage of community was acheived  by   exposing communities represen tatives with study trip and sharing with expertise.    " warm homestay of peaceful two lands"  operated by tourism commitee of  the networking 6 communities of  3 subdistricts to welcome visitors.                                           4)  Developing  and evaluating effdctiveness  of  torism management was conducted in poster  and   infographic  presented to internal and external networks. The materials was promoted via word of mouth, facebook page and social media to attract visitors. As a result,                                                  the local shops and learning center could sell more products.                                        The local liaisons were trained on effective story-telling technique. More training to bd provided to be professional.