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III. THE PROPOSED PROJECT
A. Objective and scope
Due to significant discrepancy in economic status between the rural
and urban areas, new ICT projects should be implemented and geared at
the grass-roots level. Rural people should be encouraged to operate the
projects and acquire business management skills. The proposed project has
three components. They are:
1. Telecentre – business centre focusing on the activities at home,
or used as community centre.
2. Tourism information network – consists of back office and front
office systems. Data will be sent to the operation centre at the
Prime Ministers Office for analysis.
3. Human network – includes the government, private sector (travel
company), educational institutes and local community.
The project will be implemented as a pilot programme in villages
across five regions of Thailand. Specific criteria to evaluate the standard
of the home stay accommodation such as clean water, clean room, point
of sales (e.g. One Tambon One Product (OTOP), activities) will be devised.
Training courses, including ICT training, will be provided according
to the needs of the villagers, and the standard of the home stay
services. The number of potential villages will be about 3,000 villages
located in 7,400 districts that have high potential to serve as tourist
destinations.
B. Cost estimates and financing plan
COST ESTIMATES
(US$ million)
Item Government Donors Total cost
1. Consultants
a. International consultants (business
model)
0.00 1.00 1.00
b. Domestic consultants (logistics,
local development)
1.00 0.00 1.00
2. Equipment and software
a. Equipment (3 years) 8.50 0.00 8.50
b. Software (local software-off the shelf) 0.13 0.00 0.13
3. Building and furniture
a. Buildings (rent 5 years) 1.25 0.00 1.25
b. Furniture 0.20 0.00 0.20
4. Training, seminars and conferences 0.25 0.25 0.50