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With the increasing number of tourists flock to resorts on the Andaman Sea coast thus the living of local residents, villagers in Koh Yao Noi have combined efforts to protect their land by offering ecotourism. Let more be found in this report from Thai News Agency.

Located between Phuket and Krabi, Koh Yao Noi is an example of an island is successfully preserved from the invasion of tourists and modern resorts that environmental and lifestyle change in the local cause.

Founded in 1996, Koh Yao Noi Ecotourism Club brought together villagers on the island who wanted to protect their homeland by adopting ecotourism as a selling point.

The club started, as claimed, the first home stay program in Thailand. Spending time with their host, visitors have the opportunity to see and practice a number of villager's daily activities.

With the increasing number of tourists flock to resorts on the Andaman Sea coast thus the living of local residents, villagers in Koh Yao Noi have combined efforts to protect their land by offering ecotourism. Let more be found in this report from Thai News Agency.

Located between Phuket and Krabi, Koh Yao Noi is an example of an island is successfully preserved from the invasion of tourists and modern resorts that environmental and lifestyle change in the local cause.

Founded in 1996, Koh Yao Noi Ecotourism Club brought together villagers on the island who wanted to protect their homeland by adopting ecotourism as a selling point.

The club started, as claimed, the first home stay program in Thailand. Spending time with their host, visitors have the opportunity to see and practice a number of villager's daily activities.

The choice of activities includes sea fishing, visiting rubber plantation, rice farming with buffaloes and batik production. As Islam is practiced by most villagers, visitors are also participating in classes and religious practices.

Sakon Mukda, villager, home stay host said: "Visitors will participate in daily activities, such as fish in the sea, and working in aquaculture. They can also swim, snorkel and admire sea marine ornamental fish and coral."

Promchote Traivate, Director, State Center for Tourism, Sport and Recreation of Phuket said: "Villagers create the program, which the fisherman lifestyle Thai way of life combined. All this only in Koh Yao Noi."

However, visitors should follow some rules of the community. They do not need foam food boxes and plastic bags into the sea. Sexy dresses and alcohol are not allowed, villagers believe, it can lead to crimes.

With the united efforts of the villagers, Koh Yao Noi in 2002 was awarded the World Legacy Award for Destination Stewardship from National Geographic Traveler magazine for the eco-friendly home stay programs.

Despite an increasing number of tourists, villagers do not benefit from them. They insist on continuing their efforts ecotourism, because the environment and their precious way of saying life savings to come to personal wealth.

Source: Swing Out Thailand

Thailand will propose that the historical inscriptions and hermit statues teaching traditional Thai yoga at Wat Pra Chetupon Wimolmangalaram be included in the UNESCO Memory of the World (MOW) Program in 2009.

At a meeting Monday at the temple in Bangkok, Prof. Maenmas Chavalit, president of the Thai National Committee on the MOW program, said the knowledge inscribed on the walls and those enshrined in ancient yoga postures at Wat Chetupon - more known as Wat Pho - had a universal value.

"Not only is valuable to the Thai people", Khunying Maenmas said, "but art collections are credited with preserving and sharing with others."

The inscriptions engraved in gold leaf, silver and marble, gather wisdom, from the Buddhist precepts and literary works, a traditional medical treatises, besides being a record that shows the positions used by hermits. It is believed that health benefits for treating muscle and joint pain.

Wat Pho was once considered as the first university in the country, and was built by King Rama I (1782-1809).

The Committee will begin a rigorous selection process to ensure that Wat Pho is resisting an analysis of UNESCO as World Heritage Sites to be included in the Memory of the World. Khunying Maenmas said the appointment will be finalized in June.

The first success of the committee was the inclusion of King Ramkhamhaeng the first inclusion in the MOW program in October 2003.

It is currently in the process of applying for the 102 years of abolition of slavery ancient document approved by King Rama V for inclusion in the UNESCO program.

Preeda Tangtrongchit, director of Wat Pho Thai Traditional Medical and Massage School, said he fully supported the commission plan. He added that UNESCO's recognition of the 200-year-old inscriptions would most famous traditional Thai massage.

The term "Ruesi Datton" (hermit postures), was previously used in Japan as the name of a magazine. It was also the name of a workshop led by a traditional Thai massage operator in the United States, he said, noting he was concerned that the term is misused and misappropriated by foreigners.

Mr. Preeda said he is prepared to sue those who use the term as it would reflect badly on the traditional Thai massage. He said the Wat Pho massage school has over 100,000 Thai and foreign students a year.

UNESCO launched the Memory of the World in the 1990s to guard against collective amnesia, asks the preservation of valuable records and library collections worldwide ensure wide dissemination.

Source: Swing Out Thailand

The Phuket Tourist Association is organizing the 'Festival of the Andaman trip' to the end of November to help promote tourism in the three provinces of the Andaman Sea region, including Phuket, Phan-Nga and Krabi.

Phuket Tourist Association president Somboon Chirayus indicated that the event is in collaboration Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) and the Province of Phuket (FAO) and tourism associations. Said that the event will be held at the Festival department store in the central province of Phuket.

Mr. Somboon noted that the event would present exhibitions and shows of hospitality and tourism packages by entrepreneurs in the three provinces. It is expected that there would be at least 200 foreign tour operators who attend the event.

The President said that the duration of the event will begin during the high season of tourism in the Andaman. He estimated that the number of tourists could be increased, adding that the occupation would be about 60-70% this year, which was still below the same period last year of 80-90%.

Source: Swing Out Thailand