Costs and Returns of Sustainable Tourism Resource Management of Community Enterprises in Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) study tourism cost management approaches, 2) analyze returns, and 3) study tourism resource management of community enterprises in Phetchaburi Province. Data were collected from a sample group of tourism community enterprises in Phetchaburi Province that are currently operating in 5 communities, namely (1) Muang Petch Community Based Tourism Enterprise, (2) Community-based Tourism Community Enterprise, Tham Rong Sub-district, (3) Ban Rai Sathon Thamrong Community Based Tourism Enterprise, (4) Herbal Health Tourism Community Enterprise (Herb Zone), and (5) Eco-tourism Community Enterprise (Baan Tham Sue Homestay). The results showed that in community tourism management, the cost of services had the highest proportion of labor cost of workers. In addition, the return analysis found that the community has high profitability, but the tourism resource management efficiency is low and the inefficiency of the use of assets to generate income is lower than 1.