Abstract:
The main objective of this thesis to study social, economic, lifestyle, knowledge, the understanding of community Participation, involving the problem, obstacle and the suggestion in the development of Sustainable Agro-tourism of Mahasawad Canal, Buddhamonton District, Nakornpathom Province. The study was conducted by using the questionnaire and interviewing the leader of relative community 372 participants. The researcher used descriptive statistics such as, t-test and F-test to analyze the collected data. For comparing the difference variables Scheffe-test was used. The research outcomes were summarized as follows:
The most participants are female, marriage status, the average of age are 39 years old, the education below primary school, wageworker, income between 5,001-10,000 Baht, stayed in the area more than 27 years, never studied and attended the seminar of sustainable agro-tourism but were received the information by television. The understanding of sustainable agro-tourism and affiliate the community was high.
The hypothesis testing, the difference variable were sex, occupation level of sustainable agro-tourism education and the say in the area period have the affect of the development sustainable agro-tourism and non difference were age, education, the way of input the information, family income and affiliate in habitation have the affecting in the development of sustainable agro-tourism were at the significant level of 0.05