Development of Interactive Electronic Book for Promoting Ecotourism Destinations in Kap Choeng District, Surin Province
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The purposes of this research were to develop an interactive electronic book for promoting ecotourism destinations in Kap Choeng district, Surin province, and to evaluate satisfaction of the interactive electronic book for promoting ecotourism destinations in Kap Choeng district, Surin province. The sample consisted of 81 visitors and public members interested in ecotourism and collected by convenient random sampling. The questionnaire’s research tool was used for collecting data from the sample, then analysis with mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that the interactive electronic book included videos recommending tourist attractions, images, audio, content recommending tourist attractions, and interaction with users. The result of studying the quality of the interactive electronic book showed the "very good" with a mean of 4.89 and a standard deviation of 0.13. Moreover, the satisfaction evaluation of users showed the "very good" with a mean of 4.79 and a standard deviation of 0.44.
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