Thursday, March 25, 2010

Ecotourism in Thailand

Ecotourism is a very good idea for people who like nature and like to learn about nature. Also, at the same time it is the responsible travel and also has no or low impact on the environment. When I was a teenager I went on ecotourism to Khow Yai to see wild animals and waterfalls. The interesting trip at Khow Yai is to see night animals. You need to walk into the deep forest to see them. Even sometimes people have to climb up trees to see some animals. Usually people take a one day trip. But if you want to see the night animals. There is also camping areas or small huts there for people who want to stay. Khow Yai is the biggest natural national park in the north-east part of Thailand. There is so much interesting ecotourism like cycling trips, birdwatching or fruit farm tours. If I have chance to experience ecotourism, I would prefer to go on a fruit farm tour. The farmer will explain how to grow fruits. After that you can eat many fruits fresh from the trees.
Nowadays the younger generation likes Homestay travel. In Thailand we have many ecotourism places and use many different names like Alternative tourism, Green tourism and Homestay.