TAT strengthens tourism sustainability commitment through low-carbon initiatives

[webfact]

 

Under an MOU with the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation and Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association

 

TAT Newsroom

 

Bangkok, 16 June, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGO) and the Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA) to promote low-carbon tourism and implementation of climate action for sustainability.

 

TAT Governor Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn said, “This MOU forms part of the TAT’s ongoing commitment to drive the Thai tourism industry towards safe and sustainable travel in line with Thailand’s Bio-Circular-Green or BCG Economic Model and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. This is under the goal of making tourism part of Thailand’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by no less than 50 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.”

 

TAT has been promoting awareness of green tourism with the long-established 7 Greens project.

 

Under the MOU, TAT will be prominently involved in technical workshops with the TGO and TEATA to enhance understanding of the impacts of climate change and to strengthen competency development of tourism industry members on low-carbon initiatives.

“TAT will also encourage tourists and travellers to support the sustainability of green tourism and enhance their travel experiences with a small or neutral carbon footprint towards the goals of achieving sustainable net-zero greenhouse gas emissions,” Mr. Yuthasak said.

The TGO, as the key agency on driving greenhouse gas mitigation in Thailand towards a sustainable low-carbon economy and society, has announced its commitment to taking part in any partnerships to promote implementation of greenhouse gas reduction activities in line with the BCG Economic Model.

 

TGO Director Mr. Kiatchai Maitriwong said, “Tourism is responsible for roughly 8 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, and this MOU will lead the Thai tourism industry towards greater understanding of climate change and the implementation of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tourism.”

 

The TGO has already worked with the TEATA on a number of projects and initiatives, including the recent “Low-carbon Tourism” training on accounting the greenhouse gas emissions of business activities; such as, travelling, resource and energy consumption, camping, and waste.

 

Meanwhile, TEATA has been working with TAT and the TGO along with other tourism-related public and private organisations on a carbon balance project to create a carbon neutral tour programme, carbon neutral CBT village, carbon neutral tour company, and carbon neutral souvenir, as well as carbon offset schemes.

 

Based on the TAT’s 7 Greens project and TGO’s greenhouse gas mitigation guidelines, TEATA has created 5 carbon neutral routes, which are: Prachin Buri – Nakhon Nayok; Chiang Mai; Phuket – Phang Nga; Kanchanaburi, and Udon Thani – Nong Khai and Bueng Kan.

 

Each route corresponds with the TAT’s tourism development strategy under the BCG Economic Model, which focuses on five categories: wellness tourism, sports tourism, cultural tourism, ecotourism, and spiritual tourism.

 

TEATA President, Ms. Vasumon Netkijcharoen, said, “TEATA has been promoting neutral carbon tourism for the Thai tourism industry through our ongoing trainings and workshops on carbon offset schemes and the green economy. In addition, we are utilising the TGO’s carbon credit trading as a way of corporate social responsibility or CSR activities to create greater awareness on sustainable tourism and environmental conservation among customers.”

 

For more information on low-carbon tourism, visit the website:  www.tourismthailand.org/7greens, or Facebook: 7greensThailand and TGO, or call the TAT Contact Centre 1672.

 

Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2021/06/tat-strengthens-tourism-sustainability-commitment-through-low-carbon-initiatives/

 

[RichardColeman]

Pretty sure they will hit their tourist carbon emissions this year, if only for not having any tourists to emit them

[sammieuk1]

Initiatives stop reading there ????

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

to promote low-carbon tourism and implementation of climate action for sustainability.

Yes indeed, thees undoubtedly are the most burning and  urgent issues dogging Thailand economy and sustainability at the moment.. one can not stop wondering how off the mark and distracted these people can be?...

[Rampant Rabbit]

Cobblers  as  usual,  show me the low  carbon jet engine they currently  use.

[clivebaxter]

Trendy marketing, by people who have no idea just how little man made Co2 contributes to the tiny amount in the atmosphere

[MasterBaker]

please translate this headline to English please

[herfiehandbag]

TATtery!

[ozz1]

burning sugar cane and crops for all the non existent tourists is going to work these people are idiots 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

TAT Governor Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn said, “This MOU forms part of the TAT’s ongoing commitment to drive the Thai tourism industry towards safe and sustainable travel in line with Thailand’s Bio-Circular-Green or BCG Economic Model and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. This is under the goal of making tourism part of Thailand’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by no less than 50 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.”

A lots of fancy words there... 

[mikebell]

41 minutes ago, ozz1 said:

burning sugar cane and crops for all the non existent tourists is going to work these people are idiots 

+ on every corner a chicken broiling stand clouds the road in blue smoke.  Every wat burns its rubbish without hindrance.  Every Somchai imitates this.  Every road has its share of unserviced diesel-burning pick-ups invisible to every cigarette  smoking cop

[connda]

TAT strengthens tourism sustainability commitment through low-carbon initiatives

 

TAT rolls out another initiative to further destroy the tourist industry which is now on life-support.

[Misterwhisper]

A "low carbon tourism" initiative, huh?

 

Interesting OP picture. Is that mist lingering in the valley... or is it perhaps billowing smoke from burning rice and sugarcane fields? 

[Cake Monster]

There really should b a ban on these Idiots putting out these statements in the Mornings.

Its a Bloody waste of good Coffee, when spat out during Laughing.

[JonnyF]

TATness.

 

As pointed out, given the dearth of tourists coming to Thailand for the next few years, this is one target they should be able to meet.

[J Town]

Just when you thought there were no more straws to grasp . . .

[sherwood]

More nonsense from these jokers. Everyday they just keep piling it on.

Time to make TAT redundent and start a brand new GOE. WOFTAM, IMHO.

Clowns the lot of em.

I very much doubt Tourists contribute to the problem in any substantial way but hey, just add carbon tax to the VAT, Bed, entry, exit and whatever other Tax already in place.  Problem solved.

Edited June 17, 2021 by sherwood

[Surelynot]

Word salad.

[overt2016]

makes you wonder just how these idiots remember to breathe in and then out!!!!!

 

[chalawaan]

Get the basics right first?

 

Oh wait, somebody has found a way to milk the system, so it's all piggy little eyes on the latest finagle fad -all hail the carbon cash cow!

[JamieM]

The hub of no farting?