Ratree Pasunta. Knowledge and attitudes of subdistrict administration organization members towards ecotourism in Phuket province . Master's Degree(Environmental Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2003.
Knowledge and attitudes of subdistrict administration organization members towards ecotourism in Phuket province
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to study the level of knowledge and
attitudes towards ecotourism of Subdistrict Administration Organization (SAO)
members in Phuket Province, to compare the knowledge and attitudes towards
ecotourism of SAO members, through cross tabulations of the following independent
variables: gender, age, level of education, primary occupation, monthly income,
received information and training experience and to study the correlation between
knowledge and attitudes towards ecotourism of SAO members
A questionnaire was developed, tried out, and employed for data collection.
Total number of the population was 173 persons. Data analysis was processed by the
SPSS for Windows program/1998 in order to compute various statistics. There were
percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way analysis of variance, least significant
difference (LSD), and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.
Research results illustrated that the knowledge towards ecotourism of the SAO
members was at a medium level, and attitudes towards ecotourism of SAO members
were positive. The knowledge was significantly different according to the independent
variables as age, level of education, primary occupation, monthly income, information
received about ecotourism, and training experience at the 0.05 level. The attitudes
were significantly different according to the independent variables as age, primary
occupation, monthly income, information received about ecotourism, and training
experience at the 0.05 level. The knowledge and attitudes towards ecotourism of the
SAO members were positively related.
Recommendations from the study are that, it should be arranged knowledge
through a training process, exhibitions, and leaflets dissemination on the topics of
ecotourism for the Subdistrict Administrative Organizations members to develop
proper ecotourism sites effectively