Creating souvenirs through traditional practices:
An analysis of local products and souvenirs In Muang Paem, Thailand
Elisa van der Hoop Annelies Koorn Linda Willemse
Overview } Subject } Process } Outcomes } Recommendations
Subject } Why
local products and souvenirs?
} Difference } Authentic
local product – souvenir
Process } Desk
research – Elisa
} Article
plan
} Observation } Interviews } Self
experience - workshops
Outcome: self-reliance } High
extent of self-reliance
} Creation
of own products
} Adaption
to modern world
Outcomes: local products }
Weaving – main
}
Cooperative sales & home sale
}
Sold at workshops
}
Sales among community members
}
No local shop
Outcomes: adaption of products } Adaption }
to tourists’ needs
Bags with zippers
} Souvenirs } }
Scarfs Dolls (new)
} Authenticity
Outcomes: missed opportunities } Short
stay tourists
} Slow
sales Mae Hong Son
Recommendations }
Continue traditional processes
}
Strenghten cooperation shops
}
Sales in local shop
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