The participation of schools and communities that affect the results of ecotourism Damnoen Saduak floating market, Ratchaburi province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study; 1) The participation of schools and communities, 2) the ecotourism results, and 3) the participation of schools and communities that affect the results of ecotourism Damnoen Saduak floating market, Ratchaburi province. The samples were 28 schools, 10 sub-district administrative organizations, 5 sub-district administrative organizations, and 5 sub-district municipality, a total of 48 departments. The respondents were 112 administrators and teachers in schools, 110 the local government, and 40 local government organizations, total of 262 respondents. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used for analysis were frequencies percentage, mean, standard deviation, simple correlation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. 

The research findings were as follows: 

1. The participation of schools and communities in a high level with the aspect of operation at the highest level. The other aspects were at a high level and descending order were the communication and information, performance evaluation, development aspects from evaluation results, and planning respectively.
2. The ecotourism results for Damnoen Saduak floating market Ratchaburi in overall at a high level. The other aspects were at a high level and descending order social, economic, environmental, cultural, and educational.
3. The participation of schools and communities that affect the results of ecotourism Damnoen Saduak floating market, Ratchaburi province. The variables of participation of schools and communities which has been chosen into the equation were the overview participation and performance evaluation and with the prediction efficiency of 20.90 percent. It can be written as regression analysis was:

        Y_tot =  2.516 +.272X_tot+ .100X₄  

Can write equations in standardized form:

ZY_tot = 2.516 +.321X_tot + .189X₄