Supa-at Asarath <br/><br/>
Analysing successful community-based tourism villages in Northern Thailand 

 - Pathum Thani :  Asian Institute of Technology,  2018 
 - 90 p. :  ill.  
 - Thesis ;  no. RD-18-14 .
 - Asian Institute of Technology.  Thesis ;  no. RD-18-14 .
<br/><br/> A thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of science in Regional and Rural Development Planning 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 
<br/><br/> The community-based tourism in Thailand is getting higher attention. Communities are  opening up to the tourism development, which involve the community's member.  Community-based tourism or CBT, is one of the tools that can be used for community  development. It is a type of tourism, where all are managed by the locals, and all the profits  go to the locals. This study emphasize on which factors and practices were used by the  already successful tourism communities in the Northern of Thailand. The factors can be  divided into four dimensions, which include Social, Economics, Environment, and  Institutional. These dimensions were identified with the help of the three bottom-line of  sustainable development; and the factors were identified through various existing  community-based tourism development workbooks, frameworks, guidelines. In order to  decrease the confusion between different sources, this research identified them and group  the factors together, then put them into dimensions- as mentioned. The results were that all  factors are agreed by the respondents of two communities to be in positive side that these  factors from each dimensions are contributing to the success of community-based tourism.   
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tourism--Thailand, Northern<br/>Community development--Thailand, Northern