My Conclusion for UMAP THAILAND SCHOLARSHIP 2008!

UMAP Scholarship Thailand 2008

Hospitality and Tourism Management in Thailand

16 June-11 July 2008

At Silpakorn and Dhurakij Bundit University

            As The Commission on Higher Education, Thailand, and the nation secretariat of UMAP Thailand, kindly provide UMAP Scholarship Thailand 2008 for 20 students including us; five Thai students, we got the best opportunity to attend the program of The Hospitality and Tourism Management in Thailand which hold on 16 June-11 July 2008 <> at Silpakorn University and Dhurakij Bundit University. The program was separated into two parts as per the following discussion:

The first part of the course was tourism management in Thailand, which was supported by Silpakorn University. We learned how to management Thailand tourism on important and interesting topics. They consist of the evolutions of the tourism industry in Thailand, major tourist destinations, and cultural centers and historical attractions. The main objective of tourism management program emphasized in sustainable and community-based tourism management. UMAP’s Project separated in several lectures such as Tourism in Thailand, Thailand’s World Heritage sites, cultural and Thai society, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, home stay, and tourism marketing.

The second part of the course was hospitality management in Thailand, which was arranged by Dhurakij Bundit University. There were interesting lectures such as Thai hospitality industry, hotel management, crisis management in hospitality, food and culture, Thai cookery, and alcoholic beverage in Thailand. Every topic emphasized on the effective management of hotels and restaurants, practical techniques for control produces, staff productivity, business revenues, and learning identify of Thai cuisine.

The Hospitality and Tourism Management course aims to give us knowledge and experiences in hospitality and tourism management in Thailand. We gain a lot of knowledge in both theory and practice in hotel and tourism industry.

The advantages of the program are:

-  Experiences on international and local service industries

-  Studying in growth of the hospitality and tourism industry in Thailand

-  Learn on sustainable and community-based of tourism management practices in Thailand

-  Understand modern hotel and restaurant management practices

-  Learn on method in hospitality and tourism development

-  Understand Thai society and culture

-  Learn and exchange with exchange students about language and culture

        On behalf of Thai students would like to thank University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific <>, The Commission on Higher Education <>, Thailand, Silpakorn and Dhurakij Bundit University for providing us with the great program and looking after us all over duration in the program. We appreciated Sripatum University. Professors for helping us get this scholarship.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nimnuan Srichad, Vice-President for Academic affairs, Aj.Vorasuang Duangchinda from Office International Relations, and our teachers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts for giving and supporting us the opportunity.

            Finally, we would like to thank all of those concerned at all the places we visit.