Designation of Tourism Route and Activities to Experience the Culture of Ban Bang Mae Mai, Bang Yai Sub-district, Bang Pla Ma District Suphan Buri Province

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Jittraporn Therawat, Uthumporn Rueangrit

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This research article has a purpose to design routes and activities for community tourism to experience the culture of Ban Bang Mae Mai in the format of qualitative research. The research instrument used for data collection consisted of observation form, interview form, small group meeting with 25 key informants who were involved in tourism in Ban Bang Mae Mai community. Data was collected from field surveys that the researchers visited the community to collect information about the area and conducted group meetings for route design training including participatory action research (PAR) whereas the data analysis was content analysis in the format of narrative description. The research results showed that  the designation of community tourism route to experience the culture of Ban Bang Mae Mai comprises the outstanding natural tourist resources include sightseeing hundred sugar palms in a row,  sugar palm groves, herbs and boat trips to see the Tha Chin River lifestyle; Cultural tourism resources for 12 months include the festival of making merit and offering food to monks which is considered as a blessing across the year, loads of silver and gold, making gifts for rice and the Mae Phosop-goddess of agriculture-parade; Activities resources include hundred-year broom-making, water hyacinths weaving, local food cooking and Thai sponge cake making;  Festival resources include the long drum dance, the legendary Bang Mae Mai dance and Service resources include homestay accommodations, restaurants and souvenir shops. After collecting information, the researchers cooperated with the community to design a cultural tourism route to experience the lifestyle of Ban Bang Mae Mai for 2 days and 1 night in the name of “Relaxing and Wandering in Bang Mae Mai style”

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