Assessment of Carrying Capacity for the Number of Tourists at Kao Kitchakute National Park (Praputthabaht Pluang Imprint Area)
Abstract
This research has the objective to asses the carrying capacity and criteria the standard in accommodation tourist to areas in organizing recreation of the Kao Kitchakute National Park (Praputthabaht Plung imprint area). The recommend guidelines for appropriation effected management to accommodation tourist in level that does not cause damage by study in physical, ecological, facilities and psychological. According of study results, the assessment of asses carrying capacity and criteria the standard in accommodation tourist to areas in organizing recreation. When it’s been compared in 10 years, since 2007-2016, that 2016 the maximum tourists per day are 23,786 persons (the average standard is 21,334 persons/area/time). That is the amount of exceeded capacity in accommodation tourist to areas. The amount of solid waste from survey of the collection of solid waste 61 areas that’s found the smelling and landscapes are below acceptable levels, that can be acceptable. An ecological issues, that;s been found the percentage of the covered roots still below acceptable as well. The traces of cutting stems in the low averages and traces from the damage of big tree that effected in medium averages. The facility issue is bee found that restrooms have been used in amount of exceeded capacity in radical averages. But, the amount of benches these’re been used in low averages for psychological issues. From the random of example tourists around 421 persons, that have been around the footpaths and Praputhabaht Plung imprint area have a feeling of congestion in radical averages of tourist standard accommodation in psychological of significant at 0.05.
Keywords : carrying capacity, Kao Kitchakute National Park, ccotourism, impact of tourism
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