Nearly 30 Pattaya and Chonburi council members,
administrators and bureaucrats finished a series preparation lectures from
Burapha University lecturers on ways to improve their work in administration
before heading off to Japan.
Urasin Khantaraphan
Chonburi government workers spent five days visiting Japanese tourist
attractions in the name of studying administration techniques and to adapt
experiences to better manage the province.
Nearly 30 Pattaya and Chonburi council members, administrators and bureaucrats
enjoyed hot springs, took a ride on a pirate ship, watched the Tokyo Marathon,
and visited temples and national parks during the publicly financed Feb. 20-25
junket.
Organizers justified the trip as an opportunity to compare
management techniques between Thailand and Japan and adapt experiences and
knowledge to improve Chonburi local governments. The expected benefit is that
those getting the international trip will come back and brainstorm ideas,
summarize information and experiences and draft strategies to develop tourism,
sports and environment management.
The travel itinerary was comprised of field trips to natural tourism
destinations along with a lecture at Hakone National Park. Pubic servants
visited a sulfur-rich spring famous for its egg-boiling temperature, took a
pirate ship ride at Ashi Lake, sat for a lecture at Heiwa Koen Memorial Peace
Park, trekked up Mt. Fuji, stopped at the Tokyo Marathon Expo to observe the
marathon, browsed through Edo-Tokyo Museum, and listened to a speech at the
Meiji Jingu shrine.
Before the city development, environmental management, tourism and sports
workers could jet off for the Land of the Rising Sun, however, they were
required to sit through a series “preparation” lectures from Burapha University
lecturers on ways to improve their work in administration at the Trio Hotel Feb.
19.
Passorn Sriviset, Vichien Tansirimongkol, and Wansom Ananat spoke on the need to
focus on “involvement, outcome, happy citizens and sustainability.”
Passorn said a leader must have leadership qualities at heart, must be a
talented individual, good and possess charm. “The leader is one who bring smiles
and happiness to others,” he said.
He added that technology has complicated their work as administrators, including
factors that have led to climate change.
