タイの運河沿いの伝統的集落におけるホームステイへの改修による保存事業について

 Amphawa canal community is chosen for this paper to represent another idea of how community response to the change from the townscape preservation project of the traditional community. Since 2001, many development project was launched by public and private sectors. With the cooperation of the community, the modification of traditional building as homestays is one approach initiated by community to stimulate the use of traditional buildings and to sustain the way of life of people in the community for support economic community in the area.<br> The interviews of local people (users) who have transformed their houses to homestays from the beginning of the restoration plans in 2001 to 2013 aims to create better understanding from the users' points of view on the modification of their traditional living houses to tourist accommodation and homestays along Amphawa Canal.<br> Homestay houses along the Amphawa Canal possess timeless architectural heritage with unique features and in material used, together with roof, door and window design, and ventilator style. From the users' points of view (homestay's owner) in Amphawa reflect a mutual concern to create recreational cultural activities for visitors in line with conservation of local identity of the place. Follow sustainable ecotourism concepts, all homestay owners aim to share cultural wisdoms and knowledge of their community with the tourists while also preserving original characteristics and authenticity of the buildings and environment.<br> From the study show that ecotourism has pay important role in the community after the rehabilitation of the Amphawa floating market in early 2004. The changes occur in the Amphawa communities are tend to change for survival community which are key important for historical and cultural sites shown. It was found that the rehabilitation. in communities along the Amphawa canal in Thailand are bottom up process by activity model. The management in the community is modified to survive the cultural community by people in the community as the operator. The homestay experiences have supporting collaboration in community; the traditional ritual, place authenticity and identity, for example the morning food offering activity for the monk who rowing boat or walking pilgrimage along the canal, Boat tour, Fireflies sightseeing boat trip, etc.<br> Even though follow the interview data, there has not been clearly controlled or subsidies support the modification of identity value of water based community in waterfront areas. These may affect to the changes of waterfront landscape. Furthermore, to control and maintain, survived and to protect the traditional water based community from many threatened by the Business and globalization, high competition of the accommodation which affects the images of the place, Still, it is essential to support protection activity especially in term of policy and regulations to protect the valuable places and important of culture material and maintenance, which is likely to limit in this community.<br> In conclusion, a case study of Amphawa canal community with the use of the activity model by homestay. The approach that show the important of the water-based way of life can be survive through the strong of community participation. However, from this paper, it would be possible to point out that there are challenges between economic scale and regional scale. As current situation, the economic scale to control for business base on ecotourism. Then, the regional scale to sustain and keep identity of the place. By these two scale, it can be said this is the success of homestay business in Amphawa. This could be another idea of cultural conservation on traditional community, not only for conserve traditional building design but also sustain and succeed local identity through the cultural activities, traditional celebrations and local way of life.