This research aimed to study 1) the influence of community adaptive ability on innovation of community tourism inthe central region of Thailand 2) the influence of community adaptability on the capacity of managing the community-basedtourism network in the central region 3) the influence of network management ability on community tourism innovation in thecentral region and 4) to propose a structural model of community adaptability and network management capabilities withcommunity-based tourism innovation in the central region. The mixed methodology research between the quantitative researchusing the survey data from the questionnaire with 213 communities of community tourism network in the central region and thequalitative research using the in-depth interview method and focus group interview conducted with 5 informants wasimplemented. Structure Equation Model (SEM) was used for the data analysis. The results demonstrated that (1) the communityadaptability in the central region directly influenced community tourism innovation with an influence of 0.56 and indirectlyinfluenced through the management of the community-based tourism network with an influence of 0.66. The total influence was1.22. (2) Community adaptability directly influenced on the ability of the tourism network management in the central regionwith an influence of 0.62. (3) the ability to manage a network of communities direct influenced on community-based tourisminnovation in the central region with an influence of 0.68. Last but not least, (4) the structural model of adaptive capabilities andthe network management capability with community-based tourism innovation in the central region were consistent withempirical data based on the six harmonization indices with χ2 = 59.85 p-value = 0.08, χ2 / df = 0.55, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = 0.98,and RMSEA = 0.01 that met the acceptance criteria.