New way of tourism promoted with preservation of bio-diversity

 

 

BANGKOK, 23 May 2017 (NNT) – Thailand is promoting a new way of tourism which looks to preserve bio-diversity and encourage the preservation of natural resources and sustainable uses of diverse resources. 

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Surasak Karnjanarat has said the Ministry's agencies have held activities to promote the new way of tourism which preserve the biodiversity on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity. 

This year's event is promoting practices related to conservation and restoration of natural resources, including exhibition on herbs, proper practices for tourists, the promotion of sustainable tourism, the sale of products created from biological diversity, along with the raising of awareness among the general public to help conserve and benefit from diverse natural resources properly. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has selected Khao Yai National Park as model for Thailand's biological diversity as it is a major tourism attraction for the northeastern region with rich and diverse natural resources and can be developed into a world famous tourism attraction. 

He added Thailand is considered a country rich with natural resources that contributed to the livelihood such as the diversity of cuisine and the use of herbs in foods, making Thailand an interesting place for tourists to visit and witness the diversity of nature. 

Figures from 2012-2016 shows more and more tourists are interested to participate in special tourism activities such as the community based tourism, health tourism, adventurous tourism, religious tourism, sports tourism, and tourism for meetings and exhibitions.

 

-- nnt 2017-05-23

rich and diverse natural resources

 

lots of those around its called rubbish and plastic bags everywhere, turning the place into a 3rd world mountain of rubbish

 

Tourists just want to relax on the beach go for a swim and sit on a sunbed for most of the day

 

Here turds in the water, no sunbeds and black water to swim in

 

Maybe ok for locals but not those who pay a fortune to visit

 

Times running out

 

Well good luck with that, but it's a bit late in the day to start thinking about sustainable tourism. Anyway, it's all about limiting tourist numbers, not attracting more, which seems to be the emphasis here in Thailand, and is the subtext of the article. Maybe some less developed neighbours might have a chance, but Thailand is way past the tipping point. As a case in point, my SO tells me that Pranburi was attractive cos it was undeveloped and had a beach fringed by forest, now it's fringed by a coastal road and numerous hotels, restaurants, etc.. I'm sorry but mass tourism and sustainable development don't go together, it's an either/or choice, at least according to the tourism models I studied some years ago.

6 hours ago, nausea said:

I'm sorry but mass tourism and sustainable development don't go together, it's an either/or choice, at least according to the tourism models I studied some years ago.

To bad your not in charge of tourism instead of this gung ho and away we go approach today. Its a vicious circle banks keep lending cheap money for tourism and all its accessories airlines are buying more planes to complete the circle. For all their talking of quality tourists Thailand will take em as they come unwashed or not. As long as there is a jingle in their pocket they are ushered in. 

Preservation. Is that what all that plastic is for?; to wrap and preserve? 

Well, that's the jingle for today.  What have they got in store for us next week?