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Thailand's largest island at 540 km²

Population is about 231,206 with up to 35,000 visitors at one time

More than 3 million visitors a year

Most populated town is Phuket City, with over 75,000 inhabitants

Currency is Thai Baht: 1 GBP = 50.83 THB (XE, 2013)

Main source of income used to be rubber, tin, agriculture and fishing

(www.phuket.com, 2012)

Thailand's second largest island at 228.7 km²

Population is over 63,000

Attracts over 1.5 million tourists a year

Main town is Nathon

Fishing and coconut plantations have been the major source of income

Currency is the same as Phuket (Thai Baht)

(www.kohsamui.org/samui, 2012)

In the last decade tourism has become a dominant form of income and the biggest earner in the area of Phuket

Ever since backpackers started arriving in Koh Samui in the late 70s, tourism has taken over from the traditional sources of income

Write down 3 costs and 3 benefits in Phuket and Koh Samui according to the stakeholder on your paper

Given what you now know about the costs and benefits of tourism in Phuket and Koh Samui, what policies would you put in place to ensure an equal balance between tourism and the local environment?

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Koh Samui...

Phuket...

Where is Koh Samui and Phuket?

Tourist Attractions

Examine the main economic benefits of tourism in Koh Samui and Phuket

Determine the main economic costs of tourism in Koh Samui and Phuket

Reveal any differences in economic impacts between Koh Samui and Phuket

Explore what scale of accommodation establishments results in larger benefits to the local economy of both islands

Discover what policies would be beneficial for the local economic development of the islands

Economic Impacts of Tourism in

Phuket and Koh Samui

Jessica Samuel - N0307385

Ibrahim Kamara - N0337233

Emmanuel Ronstadt - N0323807

Ying Ying - N0410614

Todays Agenda

Economic Impacts of Tourism on

Snake Farm

Beaches

Nightlife

Dining/restaurants

Thai Boxing

Wildlife

Sex Tourism

Hinta Hinyai

Buffalo Fighting

The Big Budda

Waterfalls

Sawadee Shrine

Diving

Butterfly Garden

Butler's Life Cycle

for Phuket and Koh Samui...

Now...

Phuket

Koh Samui

(World Travel and Tourism Council, 2012)

Considering the recent growth that both islands have experienced, which economic implications have become present?

Local People

Creates new markets for new products

Economic benefits

Generates employment

New tourist attractions can be used by locals

Funds new infrastructure

Benefits...

Stimulates growth of local exports

The Multiplier Effect

Government

Helps diversity and stabilise the local economy

Strengthens exchange rates

Stimulation of infrastructure investment

Attractive destination to invest in (new businesses)

Increases the government revenues from taxation

Costs...

Other costs

  • Opportunity costs
  • Displacement effect

Economic

costs

Economic Dependency

Major accommodation establishments benefiting the local economy of the islands

  • Asia Tsunami (2004)
  • Job and financial insecurity
  • Industry vulnerable to:
  • Economic recession
  • Natural disaster
  • Changing tourism patterns

KOH SAMUI

Increase in Prices

Infrastructure Costs

Leakage

  • Increasing basic demands price hikes
  • Wages not rising accordingly
  • Difficulties meeting daily needs (local people)

Money leaving the income-generating region

Two forms of leakage

  • Import leakage
  • Export leakage
  • Cost imposed on government and local people
  • Public funding diverted from important areas to infrastructure
  • Several projects planned to make the islands more attractive
  • Airport expansion
  • Improvements of highways

PHUKET

Enclave tourism

Which scale of accommodation establishments results in larger benefits to the local economy of the islands?

  • Small-island natural feel
  • Famous laid-back atmosphere
  • Income made by Koh Samui currently goes to the Sarat Thani province, with Koh Samui only getting a share
  • Consistent all-year-round climate
  • Strict building regulations prevent development to take away its identity

Small to non-existing earning potential for locals business if hotels and resorts offer all-inclusive destinations as a consequence tourists will end up staying in their resort for majority of their stay

Policies

  • Bigger, wider roads
  • Consistent infrastructure in water, electricity etc
  • Longer operating airport
  • Road link to mainland to make it more accessible
  • Income generated benefits island
  • Multiple multi-story hotels
  • Sophisticated shopping malls

Eco-Tourism

Policies

  • Promote Eco-Tourism to divert away from mass-tourism
  • Raise awareness regarding the environment

National Tourism Development Plan 2012 - 2016

Community-based Tourism

Waste-management

1. Strategy - Developing infrastructure and logistics (Linking with domestic and international tourism)

2. Strategy - Development and rehabilitation of tourism sites

3. Strategy - Development of creative economy

4. Strategy - Create confidence in Thailand's good image for visitors

5. Strategy - Participation of public sector, civil society and local administrative organizations

  • The importance of natural resources conservation and of protecting the environment
  • Partnership between two pioneering community-based tourism organisations
  • Investment in new technology to improve clean water in Phuket

(Responsible Ecological Social Tours Project (REST) and the Thailand Research Fund Community Based Research Unit)

Differences between Phuket and Koh Samui in terms of economic impact of tourism

Thanks for listening!

Time to think...

Any questions?

Euromonitor International (January 2010). "Euromonitor International's Top City Destination Ranking". Retrieved 2010-10-14.

http://www.samuiforsale.com/knowledge/thai-nominee-property-ownership.html#1

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/gp/e_publi/gplinkeco/30chapter28.pdf

http://mekongtourism.org/website/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/02/Sustainable-Tourism-Management-in-Thailand-A-Good-Practices-Guide-for-SMEs-by-Eric.pdf

http://www.thaiembassy.sg/press_media/news-highlights/thailand%E2%80%99s-national-tourism-development-plan

http://mekongtourism.org/website/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/02/CBT-Handbook-Principles-and-Meanings-by-CBT-I-Thailand.pdf

http://www.phuphiang.com/community_based_tourism.asp

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