Limiting tourists on the most popular islands

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Limiting tourists on the most popular islands

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

The DNP will also create an E-ticket to enter the islands, which will possibly starts with the Similan, Phi Phi and Phang Nga Bay, to solve the transparency problem of national park management.

 

Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) held a meeting today (February 6) to discuss the excessive numbers of tourists visiting famous islands at the Pearl Hotel.

 

The Chief of National Park Office, DNP, Songtham Suksawang, who chaired the meeting, said that the amount of tourists in the marine national parks is directly affecting the environment.

 

“Those national parks, especially marine national parks, are suffering from an over-supply of visitors. There are many problems such as oil from boats, rubbish and the effect on the local lifestyle on the islands, which is difficult to rehabilitate in the short term. They discussed rearranging of the marine national parks to better meet the demand but by limiting supply and providing a more sustainable solution.”

 

Full Story: https://www.phuketgazette.net/lifestyle/travel/limiting-tourists-popular-islands

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2018-2-6

[madmitch]

Sounds good in theory but do you think that the tour operators will let their fleet of boats sit idle? I don't think so.

 

Koh Tachai has been closed for over a year and the tour operators are now sending increasing numbers to the Similans to compensate, and that has added to the Similan overcrowding.

 

They should have limited boat numbers a few years ago. It's probably too late now.

[RichardColeman]

 I fully expect there to be a huge beach ticket tax before this happens !  

[Krataiboy]

Too little, too late. I revisited Koh Samui and Phuket after 15 years and wild horses wouldn't drag me to either again.

[Srikcir]

17 hours ago, madmitch said:

but do you think that the tour operators will let their fleet of boats sit idle?

They'll probably do the same as the fishing boat owners who were forced to cut back the size of their fleet to meet IUU goals set by the EU - ask the government to buy their idle boats!

[NamKangMan]

 

They are incapable of managing ANY tourism here, let alone, mass tourism.