The Impact of Tourist on Local people in Chiang Rai

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Tourism is the most interesting and growing faster and faster in service industry in the world. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), tourism in 2005 changed to be the 2nd largest industry, accounted for 3.8 percent of global Gross Domestic Product - GDP (Rosli & Azhar, 2007). From it growth, there are a lot of impact that came from tourism affect many countries. In Chiang Rai, Thailand, the province where located in the northern Thailand and near by the border of neighbor country that have a lot of tourist come in every season. So, it made the impact to local people Therefore, This research is the study of the impact of tourism in Chiang rai.

- Research problems

How tourism impact to Chiang Rai ?

Nowadays, Chiang Rai Changing in which way ?

Research objective

To study about the impact that happened from tourist which affect to local people

To views the future tourism development

Hypothesis

Research/Alternative

Non-directional H1

Local people in Chiang Rai : perceptual of the impact of tourism

Scope of study

- Study on preliminary data of local people in Chiang Rai.

- Tourist attractions zone in Chiang Rai such as Mae Sai, Wat Rung Khun temple, Golden Triangle and Night Plaza.

- Amount of interviewee (Local people)

Period of time: 2 weeks from 19 January 2014 to 3 February 2014

Independent: Local people in Chiang Rai

Dependent: -Demographic information

Perceptions of tourism’s impacts in Chiang Rai

Views of future tourism development

Adjustments to tourism

Definition (operational definition)

-Tourism is an activity that done by an individual or a group of individuals which leads to a motion from their place to another....

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