Studying and product development of handicraft from elephant dung parer for addings income to community at Changwat Phra Nakhon Si Ayuttha

Abstract

The research aimed to study and develop handicraft products from elephant dung paper for community income generation in Ayutthaya province and to compare the product satisfaction of the target group for the original style and the new one of elephant dung paper The target group eas from 143 tourists from other provinces and 143 of local tourists. Both of target groups would like to but handicraft products from elephant dung paper and helped generate community income in Ayutthaya province. Research tool eas done by questionnaire and data were analyzed by statistically percentage, mean and mode. Questionnaire was used for the product attributes satisfacion avaluation of the target grouq including alternative evaluation process and comparison of product styles evaluation process. Data were analyzed by statistically percentage.mean and t-test dependent sample The results of were foun as follows: 1. The target group chose the third style of handicraft products from elephant dung paper 2. For the product attributs satisfaction of the target group, it was found that the new style of hansicraft prosuct was more acceptable than the oniginal one at a significance level of 0.05.