Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
TOURISMOS: An International Multidisciplinary Refereed Journal of Tourism
Volume
12
Issue
1
First Page
79
Last Page
100
Publisher
University of the Aegean
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
45127
Abstract
There has been a boom in health tourism. A growing number of tourists travel to other countries for preventive and rehabilitative care and seek detoxifying, destressing and healthy activities. Based on a community-based tourism project, this study aimed to explore the possibilities of developing health tourism in Ban Kaset Puttana, a village located in the suburban area of Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand. The one-year project based on participatory action research covered the entire process of forming thematic alternative health tourist products by employing the concept of natural-based health care. The project was then followed by 10 semistructured interviews with local villagers to investigate their perceptions about community-based tourism development. This research project resulted in the development of community-created sustainable rural tourism. After the research project, villagers indicated that while health tourism development has both positive and negative impacts on their village, the positive impacts far outweighs the negative ones.
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Comments
Dinkoksung, S., & Nejati, M. (2017). Revitalizing Ban Kaset Puttana village through community-based tourism. TOURISMOS: An International Multidisciplinary Refereed Journal of Tourism, 12(1), 78-97. https://tourismosjournal.aegean.gr/article/view/513