การประยุกต์ระบบสารสนเทศภูมิศาสตร์เพื่อวิเคราะห์เส้นทางการท่องเที่ยว เขตพื้นที่ 12 เมือง ต้องห้าม…พลาด ในกลุ่มการท่องเที่ยวภาคกลาง

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to provide a guideline for the attractions route management to the tourist attractions of The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s campaign “12 cities you can’t say no” which located in central part of Thailand by the needs of tourists; in the aspects of distance, time , sequences and directions in accessing destinations at the least expense, in order to provide convenience to tourists, application of geographic information system was required to indicate the location of tourist destinations to do Network Analysis of the attractions route and to create tourist map. As the result of field survey, the researcher found out that there were attractions in the studied areas divided in 8 categories by the Tourism Authority of Thailand; Agro-ecotourism Attraction, Natural Hot Spring Attraction, Natural Attraction, Cave Attraction, Waterfall Attraction, Historical Attraction, Cultural and Festival Attraction, Arts and Sciences Educational Attraction, and Recreational Attraction. The numbers of attractions in each province were the followings: 72 attractions in Suphanburi province, 67 attractions in Ratchaburi province, 21 attractions in Nakhonpathom province, and 20 attractions in Samutsongkhram province, 180 attractions altogether. During 2 days 1 night plan, there were 4 attraction routes created from the Analyst: (1) 9 temples route for 262.66 kilometers, (2) 3 times stream routes for 253.42 kilometers, (3) Art community route for 253.56 kilometers, and (4) central Thai people all time popular market route for 30.96 kilometers. 

Keywords: tourism; geographic information system; network analysis; 12 cities you can’t say no