Development of a Tourism e-Book for Parainuea Community in Phra That Subdistrict, Mae Ramat District, Tak Province

Abstract

        This research aimed to (1) develop an e-book on tourist attractions and community life at Parainuea Community, Phra That Subdistrict, Mae Ramat District, Tak Province, Thailand, (2) assess the quality of the constructed e-book on tourist attractions and community life at Parainuea Community.  The research tools were an e-book titled Parainuea Community: Tourist Attractions and Community Life, and an e-book quality assessment form.  The researchers constructed an assessment form to collect data on the e-book quality from  fifty tourists visiting the Northern Farm Forest Area. The obtained data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation.  The first part of the results reported the e-book development using the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) approach together with the PUBHTML5 program for fast access to the e-book content.  The e-book contained seven chapters: (i) the history of Parainuea Community,  (ii) a tourist map, (iii) rituals and beliefs, (iv) folk play, (v) weaving, (vi) the costumes of the Paka-Kyaw people, and (vii) cuisine of the Paka-Kyaw people. As for the e-book assessment, the participants were highly positive toward the overall content (= 4.25, S.D = 0.76), visual design and language  (= 4.36, S.D = 0.79), and e-book flexibility (= 4.32, S.D = 0.77).

Keywords: e-book, assessment, tourism, community life, Parainuea Community