Model of community participation in the context of cultural attraction Case Study: Ban That Ing Hung Village, Kaisone Phomvihane City, Savannakhet province, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to: 1) explore the context of cultural attraction at the Ban That Ing Hung Village 2) investigate the participatory of community in the development of cultural attraction at the Ban That Ing Hung Village and formulate model of community participation in the context of cultural attraction at the Ban That Ing Hung Village, Kaisone Phomvihane City, Savannakhet province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. This research was Qualitative Research, by focus group discussion. The total of informants was staff that working for the tourism in 3 groups, 9 informants. Result of the study are summarized by objectives as the followed: 

The context of cultural attraction has six consist: cultural attractions, environmental education, tourism business, tourism marketing, local community participation and awareness-raising for those involved in tourism. The participation in the community has four consist: participation in decision making, participation in the Implementation, participation in receiving benefits and participation in monitoring evaluation.

For the Model of community participation in the context of cultural attraction at the Ban That Ing Hung Village, Kaisone Phomvihane City, Savannakhet province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, That all of the relevant authorities and everyone in the community should be seriously involved in every aspect or every step such as they should be eligible to participate in the meeting, present their opinions on various issues at the meeting. Participate in planning, service, assembling labor or property and conservation of cultural tourism resources, should receive a fair benefit both directly and indirectly and they should also have the right to monitor and assess the positive impacts and the negative side together.