Management of the Ban Tha Chin Historic Site for Tourism

Abstract

            The management of the Ban Tha Chin historic site for tourism is proposed as a guideline to comply with the provincial development planning of Samut Sakhon Province, which promotes ‘historical tourism and ecotourism’ as a major source of revenue through its historicity and natural environment. However, economic development should not be an exclusive goal of this historic site management. Ban Tha Chin Community, a significant historic site composes of tangible and intangible heritages expressed in its built environment, customs, traditions, and way of life. They need to be revealed for the tourist’s impression and simultaneously maintained for the inheritors. Inevitably, the management of heritage site has to consider heritage conservation integrated with tourism planning and sustainable concept to achieve the management goal.