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A Study of the Environmental, Economic, and Social/Cultural Impacts of Historical and Cultural Tourism in the Old Town District of Chiang Mai: Evaluating the Sustainable Development Possibilities for a Destination under Consideration as a World

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DOI	10.20900/jsr.20240047
刊名	Journal of Sustainability Research JSR
年，卷(期)	2024, 6(3)
作者	Suprapa Somnuxpong,Nutchapon Chiarasumran*,
作者单位	1 Department of Tourism, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; 2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Abstract	Chiang Mai is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Thailand. It is currently included on a UNESCO list of tentative World Heritage sites. If approved, this designation may lead to benefits such as additional tourists visiting Chiang Mai but may also cause more problems. This research investigates potential economic, sociocultural and environmental impacts that this designation may have on the Chiang Mai Old Town district. The study area is composed of six temples with high value as tourism destinations. The impacts are analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify positive and negative results. The social and cultural impacts were mixed. Although becoming a World Heritage site would offer increased opportunities to educate foreigners about Thai
KeyWord	sustainable tourism development; world heritage; social and cultural impacts; economic impact; environmental impact; life cycle assessment
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Suprapa Somnuxpong,Nutchapon Chiarasumran*. A Study of the Environmental, Economic, and Social/Cultural Impacts of Historical and Cultural Tourism in the Old Town District of Chiang Mai: Evaluating the Sustainable Development Possibilities for a Destination under Consideration as a World, Journal of Sustainability Research. 2024; 6; (3). https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr.20240047.

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