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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