The Development of Japanese Video Guide for Enhancing Potential Tourism in Historical Sanctuary Trail in Sisaket Province

Abstract

This research study was conducted with the following objectives: 1) to identify the historical sanctuary trail main characteristics 2) to develop a video guide for enhancing potential tourism in historical sanctuary trail located in Sisaket province. The significance of this study is due to tourism benefits from the creation of a guide to historical sanctuary trail in the area and the fact that it could allow collaboration between communities, government agencies and the university. In order to create and develop a 4-way guide, data were analyzed through the evaluation form. The guide was to be presented in video format with information about language and illustrations. This research provided historic information about the sanctuaries, description of the area where they were located, accessibility, and cultural information the surrounding community. All the illustrations in the video guide were presented at high resolution and the contents were found to be continuous (4.03). Reviewer and Japanese tourists participating in this study were satisfied with accuracy of the information (4.40).