Factors Affecting Tourism Experience on Biodiversity, Art and Culture, and Local Wisdom in Sikhoraphum Community, Surin Province

Abstract

          Factors Affecting Tourism Experience on Biodiversity, Art and Culture, and Local Wisdom in Sikhoraphum Community, Surin Province was to study  components creating good tourism experience for tourist on biodiversity, art and culture, and local wisdom in Sikhoraphum Community, Surin Province

As the result, a satisfaction of components creating good tourism experience, a researcher found that Thai tourists satisfied with components creating good tourism experience in life and property safety as the first and the second was arts and cultural tourism activities, and hotels respectively. Foreign tourists satisfied with components creating good tourism experience in terms of cultural and tourist attractions as the first and the second was a homestay, and arts and cultural tourism activities respectively. In addition, Thai and foreign tourists also satisfied with the least components of the tourism experience, which were the Tourist Information Center, the environment of cultural tourist attractions, and tourist attractions of the ecotourism environment respectively.

The results of the study of the factors that had the most influence on creating a good tourist experience of Thai tourists were tourist attractions of ecotourism environment, ecotourism activities and arts and cultural tourism activities respectively. A part of the factors that had the most influence on creating a good tourist experience of Foreign tourists was the Tourist Information Center, cultural tourism activities, cultural tourist attractions respectively.