Abstract—In 2001 the conservation and restoration campaign
along the Amphawa Canal begans. Many development projects
launched by the public and private sectors bring a large
number of tourists. However this can have a negative impact on
many traditional sites. According to the campaign, people in the
community revive traditional water-based tourism by
stimulating the use of traditional buildings along the canal and
modifying them into commercial and tourist accommodation.
This paper mainly focuses on how private individuals modify
historical structures, the users’ and tourists’ (guests’) points of
view on modification of traditional houses to homestays in
Amphawa. Motivational factors in user scales from the
community (village) and identification and satisfaction from
tourists’ (guests) in accordance with sustainable tourism
concepts are presented through the ideas of cultural
conservation of traditional building design, cultural activities,
traditional celebrations, and the local way of life along the
Amphawa Canal.
Index Terms—Amphawa homestay, tourists’ satisfaction,
traditional building modification, users’ approach,
Water-based tourism.
The authors are with the School of Science and Technology, Department
of Architecture and Design, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
(e-mail: naphasinees@gmail.com, nakagawa@kit.ac.jp).
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Cite: N. Suebsuk and O. Nakagawa, "Sustainable Infrastructure and Conservation Ideas on
Homestay Modification; Owners’ Motivation and Tourists’
Satisfaction in Amphawa, Thailand," International Journal of Engineering and Technology vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 414-419, 2014.
