A Holistic Conceptual Framework into Practice-Based on Urban Tourism Toward Sustainable Development in Thailand

Wannipa Koodsela, Huang Dong and Kassara Sukpatch
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Wannipa Koodsela: College of Public Administration- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Rd, Hongshan, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
Huang Dong: College of Public Administration- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Rd, Hongshan, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
Kassara Sukpatch: Graduate School of Tourism Management- National Institute of Development Administration, 118 Serithai Road, Klong-Chan, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 24, 1-28

Abstract: This article is a research output presenting a new step for urban tourism development in Thailand. It focused on how a urban tourism development action plan was made in accordance with the sustainable tourism development policy in Thailand, and the overall effect of urban tourism development plan-making practice on the environment, quality society, local economics, and urban history and culture. This article proposed a holistic conceptual framework of urban tourism development plan-making practices regarding sustainability. It began with a literature review of urban tourism development and stakeholders in urban tourism development planning. The author emphasized the presentation of the outcome from quantitative and qualitative investigations of urban tourism in Chiang Mai and Phuket, two cities, in a case study of Thailand. The result highlighted the capacity of the area and the urgent need, in a five year period, to develop urban tourism towards sustainability by focusing on the fundamental problems of urban development and urban tourism development, as well as the integration of sustainable policies and the stakeholders’ participation in urban tourism development planning. For this reason, a possible sustainable urban tourism development plan-driving framework has been proposed to encourage the existing participation of stakeholders for future research development.

Keywords: sustainable urban tourism; urban tourism; urban development; urban tourism policy development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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