The Development of Cultural Tourism Route along the Bangkham River

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to study the problems in developing cultural tourism, to conclude the opinion in cooperation of community and tourism attractions and development guidelines for cultural tourism route of Bangkham River, Lopburi.  From the study, the results of the first objective stating that to study the problems in developing cultural tourism route of Bangkham River, Lopburi, indicated that the problems were from water hyacinth overgrowth which blocked water transportation and rotten the water.  The results of the second objective, to study the opinion in cooperation of community and tourism attractions in the area of Bangkham river, Lopburi, indicated that local people were benefited from Bangkham river in the form of consumption and fishery.  However, people of Bangkham river community still lack in confidence of developing Bangkham river to be an interesting tourism attraction.  The results of the third objective stating that to study of development guidelines for cultural tours of Bangkham River, Lopburi, indicated that 1) there should be more attractions and activities other than nature cruise, 2) the government should support the development of tourism in term of funding, machineries, and personnel.  The policy of controlling and constant water hyacinth should be enacted for cleanliness of water, 3) the local people should cooperate and support the government in order to develop cultural tours of Bangkham river, and 4) the community leaders should be the center for listening to the problem of people and help them accordingly in both the development of tourism and business.