Are you actually an Eco-Tourist?

Dear All,



Monkey festival in Lopburi (Thailand)

Ecotourism is nothing new in Thailand. It has been popular among a small number of people who love nature. Worldwide concern for the environment has created a new demand for friendly eco tourism activities. However, the ecotourism boom can have both a positive and a negative impact on the environment. The positive side, more tourists than ever are interested in nature. They also want to learn more about ecology. All responsible adventure travel companies should offer teaching as a standard part of their ecotours. On the other hand, the increase in tourist numbers brings more damage and disruption to a habitat. For example, you were to take a longtail (noisy Thai motorboat) to watch monkeys feeding in the late afternoon, your particular adventure travel company might actually be scaring them off from their primary food spot. A Thailand tour by longtail is certainly not consistent with observing nature without interfering with it. There are only so many trees in fruit at one time. You wouldn't want to be responsible for making an animal go to bed without eating on your exotic Thailand tour... would you?

Thank you.

Kala



Kanchanaburi - Ayuthaya

Good afternoon  everyone,


Today I would like to show you video ecotourism in Thailand (by Asiatravel), hope you enjoy :-)


Kala

Why Ecotourism??

Dear all,

Approximately 70% of consumers occasionally consider environmental issues when purchasing products or services. There has been an increasing concern for the natural environment evidenced through support for environmental protection in Western liberal regimes. This increasing concern has led to the emergence of environmentally friendly products as part of general moves towards a ‘greening’ of the marketplace. This trend is reflected in the tourism industry by the inception and increasing popularity of ‘green’, or ‘eco’-tourism products.



Bird watching



The Tourism Authority of Thailand recent Ecotourism Strategy seeks to promote ecotourism and to enhance management of the industry. Most ecotourism research in Thailand has focused on the national parks and other protected areas another significant proportion participates in hilltribe trekking such activities are exemplified in Doi Inthanon National Park.

Hope you have a good day :-)
Kala

The weather

Dear All,  



Krabi  (Thailand)



As this time the weather in London is so lovely that it made me think of Thailand, so today I will give some recommendations about when to visit Thailand. The average temperature in Thailand is around 18-34 degrees all year long. The seasons in each region of the country are slightly different. The best season for tourism in Thailand is during the winter and summer. The months from November to April are the most popular with tourists. However, Thailand is a country of festivals, events and other natural attractions throughout the year and across the country, and there are interesting things to see any time of the year!

Hope you enjoy the sun.

Kala  

Activities

Dear All,

Today I would like to mention a particular type of SIT (special interest tourism) category that is popular in Thailand. Throughout the past decade, adventure activities such as mountain biking, trekking, camping, rafting, scuba diving, rock climbing and bird watching have become more and more important in many areas of Thailand.

Thailand is a fantastic place for adventure seekers. Fortunately, Thailand’s own brands of adrenalin sports and loyal adventurers have carved themselves a growing movement across the country that caters to all. Moreover Thailand has a vast amount of natural resources and unique cultural resources. There are over 600 attractions that are appropriate as adventure destinations and that can be improved and most of them are in National Parks.

I hope this information is useful for anyone who is interested in going to Thailand.

For more information please see: http://www.tatnews.org/emagazine/4985.asp


Thank you everyone; hope you have a good week.

Kala

Eco tourism

Dear all,

I am interested in Special Interests Tourism (SIT) sush as wine and food tourism, cookery tourism, festival and events tourism, dark tourism and eco tourism. As in Thailand we have various of SIT so I would like to study how to marketing eco tourism in thailand. I plan to write my dissertation on topic "Marketing eco tourism as a special interest tourism in Thailand: a study of the UK outbound sector".

Please give me a comment if you think this topic interesting.

Thank you
Kala