Historical Background of Ecotourism
in Thailand.
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The
subject of ecotourism was then taken into consideration.
The Tourism
Authority of Thailand, as the responsible agency, pushed
for the study projects for development of guidelines for
appropriate ecotourism management in the South, North and
Northeast of Thailand (1987-1990) which can be considered
as the start point of the ecotourism development in Thailand.
The
prevailing situation has aroused great awareness among many
agencies from the public and private sectors to take actions
to achieve appropriate ecotourism development. Some actions
were taken including:
-TAT
recognized importance and necessity for an ecotourism national
policy and the operational study project for determination
of ecotourism policy has been conducted. |
-TAT
set aside a budget of 66 million baht for ecotourism development
projects for ecotourism action plan (2002-2006) of the country.
-TAT
supported and participated in international conferences on
ecotourism to keep up with the ever-increasing information
and knowledge.
-TAT established an ecotourism network in Thailand with
the emphasis on dissemination of both knowledge and service
information for interest persons/parties. |
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