Prepared For
Ajarn Sethapan Krajangwongs
Western and Eastern Cultures and Civilizations
Course Code: 912 503
Prepared By
Amornchan Vanichapol
Duanratchada Chimphalee
# I.D. 49501321
# I.D. 49501307
November 17, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction of the Study
1.2 Research Problem
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Definition of Terms
1.5 Scopes and Limitations of the Research
1.6 Significance of the Study
Chapter 2: Literature Review
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Chapter 3: Research Framework
3.1 Conceptual Framework
3.2 Research Hypothesis
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Chapter 4: Research Methodology
4.1 Method of Research Used
4.2 Sampling Procedures
4.3 Research Instruments
4.4 Data Collection
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Chapter 5: Data Analysis and Results
5.1 Descriptive Analysis
5.2 Synthesis
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Chapter 6: Conclusion and Recommendations
6.1 Conclusion
6.2 Implications and Recommendations
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References
Appendices
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The service industry and tourism market becomes nowadays a core business driver within an impulse globalization. The Amphawa floating market and home stay witnesses that higher tourism trend. The tourism relevant activities reflect some doubtful impacts on involving stakeholders; tourist, villager and beneficiary. This supposition gives birth the researcher’s qualitative survey. 3 purposeful groups are selected and face-to-face interview is conducted in fulfilling the questionnaire. Assembling information has been analyzed and measured by a shaped hypothesis.
Various sources of information varying from the virtual web-base, mass media, academic journals, documentary book, and magazines are studied and part of the research outlining body. Some experimental knowledge and assumption have been deployed and visualized in a form of