Plan to support community tourism

THE SUNDAY NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- AN INNOVATIVE approach to support sustainable development in traditional communities with tourism potential has been launched with help from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its allies, including social entrepreneur Hivesters.

 

The initiative, called Appear, tries to match strong hotel and tourism operators with communities to boost sustainable tourism. 

This will be done via new community-based tourism packages the operators help design, the UNDP says. The initiative expects to build a wider network on the initial matchings - the so-called Alliance of Good Neighbours.

It has initially targeted six traditional communities in Bangkok, including well-known tourism communities such as Banglamphu and Nang Lerng. 

Martin Hart-Hansen, the UNDP's deputy resident representative, said tourism was a tool to drive sustainable development. 

 

He said developments under this concept could resolve problems in communities. These communities should be culturally supported to help preserve their identities in a sustainable way, so they do not "disappear". That was the initial concept of the programme.

Last month, the UNDP also lent support to the Huai Kha Kheng wildlife sanctuary and adjacent protected forests under the Western Forest Complex, working with communities in that area in a bid to reduce encroachment and poaching. Similar innovative financial support including tourism-based incentives for communities was introduced as a result and will be extended for five years under an initial Bt240 million fund.

 

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Quote  Last month, the UNDP also lent support to the Huai Kha Kheng wildlife sanctuary and adjacent protected forests under the Western Forest Complex, working with communities in that area in a bid to reduce encroachment and poaching unquote. Really? They should take a sneak peek at some of the aerial shots of the country. I did see some in the last few weeks and its amazing how deforested the country has become. 

what the country needs is sewer systems. the septic over flow going into the storm waters and into the seas have made many tourist beaches unsafe to swim in.

3 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

what the country needs is sewer systems. the septic over flow going into the storm waters and into the seas have made many tourist beaches unsafe to swim in.

infrastructure has lagged.