A model for developing the potential of the medical wellness in Ubon Ratchathani province to connect the development to ward the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group
Abstract:
The research objective was to propose a model for developing the potential of the health tourism in Ubon Ratchathani Province to connect the development with the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group. The research was conducted into 3 phases. The first phase was to study the potential of the health tourism arrangement in Ubon Ratchathani Province. The samples used in the research were 205 participants consisting of staff working for the government sectors, entrepreneurs in the tourism attractions, local leaders and tourists. They were randomized by simple sampling. The second phase was to develop a model for developing the potential of the health tourism in Ubon Ratchathani Province to connect the development with the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group. The target group consisted of 16 experts who involved in the health tourism. They were selected by purposive sampling. The third phase was to evaluate the model for developing the potential of the health tourism in Ubon Ratchathani Province to connect the development with the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group. The target group consisted of 17 experts who had knowledge and experience in the health tourism. They were selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments were a questionnaire, an interview form, focus group discussion records, and a model evaluation form. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis.
The research findings were as follows.
The model for developing the potential of the health tourism in Ubon Ratchathani Province to connect the development with the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group consisted of 4 components: principles, objectives, operation and conditions for success. The first component or the principles included the participatory operation of the businesses, communities and organizations associated with the development of the health tourism potential in tourism affairs, services and promotion and the participation from the related organizations to connect the development with the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group. The second component or the objectives included the objectives for developing the health tourism potential in Ubon Ratchathani Province in the places, the activities, the services and promotion and the participation. The third component or the operation included 1) the tourism attractions managed by developing physical characteristics, attraction, accessibility, facilities, accommodations, public relations and processes of resource conversation in the tourism attractions, 2) the tourism activities managed by developing health promotion activities, activities used to connect tourism routes in the Ratchathani Si-Sotorn provincial group, a variety of activities, activities used to serve the local ways of lives, activities used to represent the local identities, activities that made the communities strong, and activities that the tourists participated in, 3) the services managed by developing the services to be modern, the products and the prices of the services, the processes of the services, the guarantee and the quality control of the services, the facilities of the services and the service skills of the staff, 4) the promotion and the participation from the related organizations managed by promoting Ubon Ratchathani Province to be a health tourism center, developing the health tourism attractions, cooperating among participants, arranging activities, providing knowledge and facilities, managing within the organizations, having participation, creating networks and having participation of communities. The fourth component or the conditions for success was that the entrepreneurs had to focus on developing the potential and the operation effectively, cooperate and participate to the related networks, the health tourism had to add to be a part of the provincial development plans and the government sectors had to support budgets, utility systems and public relations.