WatRatchaburana is a Buddhist temple in the Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand. The temple's main prang is one of the finest in the city. Located in the island section of Ayutthaya. The looters were apprehended, but a lot of the stolen goods were never recovered. Later on more than 100,000 votive Buddhist tablets were found, as well as gold jewelry with a combined weight of more than 100 kilograms.A large amount of the golden artifacts and treasures found at Wat Ratchaburana are displayed in the Chao Sam Phraya National Museum. This museum also houses a nice collection of Buddha images in different styles, and wooden door panels from different temples in Ayutthaya.Perhaps because of this notoriety, the tower at Wat Ratchaburana is one of the few that remains open to the public. You can climb up to the chamber about half-way up the prang, where the public in ancient times would come to pray and there is a fee of 50 Baht (1.51 USD) to enter the grounds of Wat Ratchaburana. The temple is open from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm every day.
Economic impact
Positive : Profit from the visit will be to the restoration of Wat Rachaburana.
Negative : Tourist can push up local product price.
Social impact
Positive : People who know that about historical of Ayuthaya and local people have a better quality of life.
Negative : Local people may imitate the bad behavior of tourism.
Environment impact
Positive : People help keep clean and do not bring food into the park.
Negative : Tourists may stand or climbto Wat Rachaburana because they don’t know.
Recommendation to stakeholders
Policymakers : During the Festival, reduced admission prices to attract tourism to be better and have policies that do not enterto the forbidden.
Community : Educate Tourists about the cultural well-being and the prohibition within the area.