Rip-offs Thailand travel.

Upon arrival in Chiang mai - whether by bus, plane or train, tuk-tuk, Taxi - you will quite likely be crowded by touts trying to get you to a particular hotel or gusethouse.
As elsewhere in Thailand the touts get a commission from every prospective guest they bring to a guesthouse, hotel.
Even the airport touts get commissions from the large tourist hotels : the commission is ofter added to your room rate (ie., walk-ins or booking tour agent get a lower rate than those guests brought by touts).
At the railway station, ignore the official looking table with uniformed attendants who will try to funnel you into hotels and guesthouses paying commissions - they' ll say that anything not on their list is either full, dirty, or closed.
Another scam to be aware of is the bus or minivan services from Khao San road in Bangkok, which ofter advertise a free night's accommodation in Chiang Mai if you buy a Bangkok-Chiang Mai ticket. what usually happens on arrival is that the "free" guesthouse demands you sign up for one of the hill treks immediately: if you don't , the guesthouse is suddenly "full".
Sometimes they levy a charge for electricity or hot water. Guesthouses involved in the arrangement may also give you the big boot if you don't eat at their restaurant.
The saving usually don't justify the hassle; the buses are often late and substandard vehicles may be substituted for the shiny ones shown in photos on the travel agency walls.
Better guesthouses, some travel agency, the touts don't play this game. Nothing free this way.


Kobby,
http://www.k-trekking.com,
Cell phone: +66-819938320.

Sustainable tourism part 1.

What are the principles of sustainable tourism?

If you are a tourist operator

• Know how to conserve and manage tourism resources, so that they provide long term benefits.
• Avoid over-use and reduce waste when consuming tourism resources.
• Maintain and promote social, cultural, and natural diversity.
• Integrate the tourism operation with strategic plans and activeties at both the natural and local levels.
• Promote local business by using locally made products.
• Ensure local people have opportunities to develop tourism operations.
• Consult all stakeholders to determine positive and negative outcomes from the operation. Manage the operation to enhance positive and minimise negative outcomes.
• Provide appropriate staff training to improve the quality of personnel and enhance tourism services and standards.
• Prepare marketing material that promotes your operation as contributing to sustainable tourism.
• Research and mitigate impacts of your operation on the destination. This will improve knowledge about sustainable tourism and conserve the destination.

Saelly,

http://www.k-trekking.com/,

cell phone:+66-855017627

Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable Tourism.

What is Sustainble Tourism?

Sustainble tourism is a form of tourism that provides economic, social, and environmental benefits through the knowledgeable management of tourism resources. Long-term sustainability is achieved without losing any local cultural identity or natural valurs.


Both tourist operators and tourists can help achieve sustainable tourism.

Saelly,
http://www.k-trekking.com/,
Cell phone:+66-855017627