Applying Environmental Management Policy for Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism in Thailand

Phongphanich Nara; Guan-Guay Mao; Tsair-Bor Yen

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Applying Environmental Management Policy for Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism in Thailand

Phongphanich Nara, Guan-Guay Mao, Tsair-Bor Yen

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Abstract

Coastal tourism destination is one of the fastest growing areas within the world’s largest tourism industry. In Thailand, large numbers of tourists come to coastal recreation areas, and the associated development is not well managed, there can be extremely negative effects on coastal environment. Also, the environmental impacts of coastal tourism are influenced by climate change impacts. The aim of article explores environmental management policy of coastal tourism to gather strategy and action for solving environmental impacts and applying sustainable development (SD) of coastal tourism. Hence, the findings of study show that key environmental impacts provide valuable lessons for coastal recreation areas. It also proposes the appropriate environmental management policy of coastal tourism in Thailand.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20140201.13
Page(s)	19-23
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Coastal Tourism, Environmental Impacts, Environmental Management Policy, Sustainable Development

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Phongphanich Nara, Guan-Guay Mao, Tsair-Bor Yen. Applying Environmental Management Policy for Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism in Thailand. Int J Environ Prot Policy. 2014;2(1):19-23. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20140201.13

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Phongphanich Nara

Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
Guan-Guay Mao

Graduate Institute of Landscape Architecture and Recreation Management, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
Tsair-Bor Yen

Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Phongphanich Nara; Guan-Guay Mao; Tsair-Bor Yen. Applying Environmental Management Policy for Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism in Thailand. Int. J. Environ. Prot. Policy 2014, 2(1), 19-23. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20140201.13

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Phongphanich Nara, Guan-Guay Mao, Tsair-Bor Yen. Applying Environmental Management Policy for Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism in Thailand. Int J Environ Prot Policy. 2014;2(1):19-23. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20140201.13

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