Community Rights and Tourism Business Administration: Phu Chi Fa,Phu Chi Dao and Phu Chi Duen Wiang Kaen Chiang Rai.

Abstract

This research on community rights and tourism business management at Phu Chi Fa, Phu Chi Dao, and Phu Chi Duen, Wiang Kaen District, Chiang Rai Province aimed 1) to study the conditions of tourism management of Phu Chi Fa, Phu Chi Dao, and Phu Chi. Duean, and 2) to study the exercise of community rights in Phu Chi Fa, Phu Chi Dao, and Phu Chi Duan tourism management. Wiang Kaen District, Chiang Rai Province A qualitative research method was used as a descriptive case study method by collecting data from interviews. Fifteen key informants from tour operators, including accommodation operators, tourist transfer operators, as well as merchandise and souvenir operators, and six community leaders. The data were analyzed by data classification and research quality was assessed by the data triangulation method.

The result revealed that; 

1. 1. All the tourism entrepreneurs were volunteers at the borderline stability development project of the 3rd army area and had the main occupation as agriculture. As for the tourism business as a secondary occupation, using the community's rights to manage common resources for the tourism business. The high season will occur during October to February in winter. The highest investment business was resorts following with driving a shuttle for tourists and souvenir product sellers. Income from tourism business was lower than income from agriculture.

2. Community rights and tourism of business administration were tourism resource administration rights. People took advantage of the area which was received to build resorts and used public service systems, such as roads and the mountain water system of the community combined with building roads to tourist sites. Tourism entrepreneurs collaborated to fix product prices and tourist services, controlled tourists' behavior, and trash management in the tourist site, and obstructed external entrepreneurs not to doing business in the area. The problems of the tourism management were decreased tourists, trash management in the area, and unstable business impact from government policy to set Phu Chi Fah national site.