Cable car project causes concerns of potential overcrowding at Phu Kradueng

[webfact]

Concerns have been voiced by the Seub Nakhasathien Foundation over potential overcrowding at Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei, as a result of plans to revive a long-debated cable car project.

 

The foundation, while assured that modern construction techniques can minimise environmental and wildlife disruption, is apprehensive about the park’s capacity to handle an influx of tourists.

 

Ornyupa Sangkamarn, the foundation’s secretary-general, questioned the authorities’ plans for managing tourism in a way that wouldn’t disturb the park’s wildlife and delicate ecosystem. She highlighted the common issues faced by many parks, including waste management during peak tourist periods.

 

“The attractions in Phu Kradueng are spread out, and it’s not easy to move from one point to another. How can we be sure there won’t be any additional projects after the cable car?”

Ornyupa also queried whether the park, currently open to tourists for eight months of the year, would extend its accessibility to accommodate the cable car project.

 

by Mitch Connor

Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-06

 

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[Grumpy one]

Just what Thailand needs to entice visitors.

A cable car that will never be maintained.

What could go wrong 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

She highlighted the common issues faced by many parks, including waste management during peak tourist periods

Keeping the trash out is always a big problem.

[snoop1130]

People in Phu Kradueng district in favour of cable car project : district chief

 

 

The district chief officer of Phu Kradueng district, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Loei, has claimed that almost all the people there are in favour of the proposed cable car, to promote tourism in the province with an expectation that the project will generate up to 70 billion baht in annual revenue.

 

Phurivat Chotenopparat said that 99% of the people in Phu Kradueng district, from shop owners and hotel owners to porters, agree with the project, to which they have been looking forward for a long time.

 

He said that fewer people are visiting the elevated national park each year because many elderly people are unable to walk uphill to the peak of the mountain, which is the highlight for visitors. They have to use porters to carry them up, adding that there is also a shortage of porters, as many have retired.

 

Caption: Phu Kradueng

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-12-06

 

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[ikke1959]

wait till the first accident happens

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The district chief officer of Phu Kradueng district, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Loei, has claimed that almost all the people there are in favour of the proposed cable car, to promote tourism in the province with an expectation that the project will generate up to 70 billion baht in annual revenue.

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Phurivat Chotenopparat said that 99% of the people in Phu Kradueng district

I guess we should believe him

[PETERTHEEATER]

The porters who used to carry old people up the hill have retired because they are too old to walk up the hill. 😀

My last visit long ago, porters carried tourists camping gear up the hill for overnight stay at the top, camping. All to see a sea of mist at dawn.

How on earth they expect to generate at income of '70 billion Thai Baht' per annum from cable car traffic escapes me.

 

[Expat68]

Hope they still leave the option open for people wanting to walk to the top of the mountain. I did it once, pretty tough but glad I did it