การพัฒนารูปแบบนิเวศพิพิธภัณฑ์เพื่อการท่องเที่ยวโดยชุมชนกรณีศึกษา ชุมชนตำบลบ้านช้างทูน อำเภอบ่อไร่ จังหวัดตราด

Abstract

This research aimed to study the process of the Chang Thun eco-museum’s development and to develop a new eco-museum model for community-based tourism. Based on qualitative research methods such as participant observation, in-depth interviews and focus groups, the research found that the Chang Thun eco-museum model for community-based tourism differed from its predecessors in Europe and East Asia in the following dimensions: first, it emphasized the collection of ‘ideas’ (exhibitions of local wisdom) rather than those of ‘materials’ (historical artifacts or sites); second, it was the ‘community’ not the state agencies who was the major actor in the thorough process of eco-museum development and management; third, it highlighted the nexus between

eco-museum and tourism in order to find the balance between the economic necessity of the community and the conservation objectives.