The Benefit of Green Tourism in Ban Mae Kampong
The benefit of Green tourism in Ban Mae Kampong
Tourism is the basic activity to people that relates to travel. The purposes are recreation, leisure, and to get some new experiences. There are many different types of tourism. It depends on the tourist interests. Ecotourism has become the new concept as an alternative to regular tourism which minimizes impact management. According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people". Ban Mae Kampong village is the ecotourism place where tourist is interesting. According to The Tourism Authority of Thailand, (2009). “It’s derived from the English word “Eco-tourism" which is the combination of “Ecology” and “Tourism”. In addition, the tourism industry had to use the English language word such as "Nature Tourism" or "Bio-tourism" or "Green Tourism" Ban Mae Kampong is located in sub-district of Chiang Mai province in Thailand and over where people are still maintaining their own culture and lifestyles strongly. They have a campaign for reducing resource consumption and increasing the tourists’ awareness of natural resources and animals. Local people live in natural area and grow the plant by themselves. Ban Mae Kampong gets benefit of Green tourism in 3 dimensions; economic, environment and socio-cultural.
The first side is economic, in Ban Mae Kampong gets income to generate for local community. Ban Mae Kampong has package that includes accommodations, activities, foods and other to provide the tourists when they come to visit in Ban Mae Kampong. So, when the tourists come to destination Ban Mae Kampong, they can get income from tourists. Home stay in Ban Mae Kampong is very popular for tourists because when they come to stay, they can get more things whether fresh air, appreciate nature and especially attraction. According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) “Home stay is popular alternative to
Tourism is the basic activity to people that relates to travel. The purposes are recreation, leisure, and to get some new experiences. There are many different types of tourism. It depends on the tourist interests. Ecotourism has become the new concept as an alternative to regular tourism which minimizes impact management. According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people". Ban Mae Kampong village is the ecotourism place where tourist is interesting. According to The Tourism Authority of Thailand, (2009). “It’s derived from the English word “Eco-tourism" which is the combination of “Ecology” and “Tourism”. In addition, the tourism industry had to use the English language word such as "Nature Tourism" or "Bio-tourism" or "Green Tourism" Ban Mae Kampong is located in sub-district of Chiang Mai province in Thailand and over where people are still maintaining their own culture and lifestyles strongly. They have a campaign for reducing resource consumption and increasing the tourists’ awareness of natural resources and animals. Local people live in natural area and grow the plant by themselves. Ban Mae Kampong gets benefit of Green tourism in 3 dimensions; economic, environment and socio-cultural.
The first side is economic, in Ban Mae Kampong gets income to generate for local community. Ban Mae Kampong has package that includes accommodations, activities, foods and other to provide the tourists when they come to visit in Ban Mae Kampong. So, when the tourists come to destination Ban Mae Kampong, they can get income from tourists. Home stay in Ban Mae Kampong is very popular for tourists because when they come to stay, they can get more things whether fresh air, appreciate nature and especially attraction. According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) “Home stay is popular alternative to
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