A Study of Biological Diversity to Develop the
Educational Coastal Ecotourism Site in Muangkluang
Sub-district,
Kapur District, Ranong Province
Supaporn Suksileung
Chwit Attasat
Apiradee Suantan
Nalena Prapiraksit
Rakchanok Koto*
Kapur District
- Wetland of Laem-Son National Park and Kapur Bay
- Abundance Biodiversity and tremendous habitats of endemic species
- The Ramsar Site in order of 1183 since October 14, 2002
- Ranong Biosphere Reserve from
UNESCO since 1997
Muangkluang Sub-district, Ranong Province
Muangkluangcommunity
Lack of biodiversity
database
Implementation of the biodiversity knowledge
into educational tourism activities
The conservation of natural
resources and environment
Development and promotion for ecotourism in
community
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
• To study the diversity of natural resources in
order to promote ecotourism destination in the coastline of Muangkluang sub-district• To develop the guidelines for
establishing an educational coastal ecotourism site
• To assess the operational results of the
educational program in the community
MATERIALS AND METHODS1. Study Area: Muangkluang Sub-district, Kapur District, Ranong,
Thailand
1. Laem Son beach 2. Koh Maprow 3. Koh Nok Hook 4. Koh Thoa 5. Koh Piak Num Yai 6. Koh Piak Num Noi 7. Ao Rai 8. Cage Culture in Mangrove 9. Laem Now Area 10. Ao Khoei
Sampling Plots
2) Population Sampling :
1) 19 related individuals who have been involved in planning, managing, and participating of tourism administration
at Coastal Ecotourism Site in Kapur District (For creating the educational site and tourism activities development)
2) 27 participants - 17 general tourists
- 10 academic personnel (For assessment of tourism activities)
3. Research Procedures
3.1) Biodiversity Survey
3.2) Educational Site and Tourism Activities Development
3.3) Assessment of Tourism Activities Arrangement
3.1) Biodiversity Survey• the specimens from 10 locations were collected in 3
Kingdoms ; Protista, Plantae and Animalia
• 3 types of algae; green algae, brown algae and red algae
• 2 classes of coastal flora; monocots and dicots
• 13 Phyla of aquatic fauna;• echiura • phoronida • Mullusca• brachiopods • Echinodermata• chrodata
• porifera• cnidaria • Platyhelminthes• Nemertea• arthropoda• annelida• sipuncula
3.2) Educational Site and Tourism Activities Development
• To provide academic supports to local communities
• To arrange focus group discussion for stakeholders
• To plan and manage of tourism activities within the area.
3.3) Assessment of Tourism Activities Arrangement
• To manipulate a pilot project based on tourism management for the coastal resources learning of local people
• To operate the activities 2 times – the operation was included 17 general tourists. – the operation was participated by 10 academic personnel
from several disciplines of science, business, and tourism.
RESULTS OF
THE STUDY
1) The biodiversity of living organisms– the living organisms of 3 Kingdoms were found in
this study
Kingdom Animalia
• 283 species • 154 genera • 13 phyla
Kingdom Plantae
• 21 dicot species
• 2 monocot species
Kingdom Protista
• 4 species of green algae
• 4 species of brown algae
• 3 species of red algae
• The living organisms in the coastline area of Muangkluang Sub-district, Kapur district, Ranong province were entirely found 317 species.
Protista
Plantae; Sea grasses
Plantae; Monocotyledons
Plantae; Dicotyledons
Animalia
Identified to 13 phyla 154 families and 283 species
phylum species phylum species
Porifora 2 Echiura 1
Cnidaria 11 Phoronida 1
Platyhelminthes 1 Mollusca 78
Nemertea 1 Brachiopoda 1
Arthropoda 63 Echinodermata
24
Annelida 7 Chordata 88
Sipunculida 2 Total 283
Animalia
1. Laem Son beach 2. Koh Maprow 3. Koh Nok Hook 4. Koh Thoa
5. Koh Piak Num Yai 6. Koh Piak Num Noi 7. Ao Rai 8. Cage Culture in Mangrove area 9. Laem Now Area 10. Ao
Khoei
128
52
97
83
37
18
22
18
25
77
3.2) Educational Site and Tourism Activities Development
• To provide academic supports to local communities
• To arrange focus group discussion for stakeholders
• Pre-manual for studying the biodiversity in coastal line of Muangkluang Sub-district
• Poster of diversed organism
Services provid-ing of the mod-
erators
Facilities Outcomes of academic services
Total0
1
2
3
4
5 3.94
3.09
4.13.71
Assessment Results of Knowledge Distribution to Local Community
1) the tourism development should be based on the 4 important components
1. area
4. Participatio
n
2. Managemen
t
3. activities and
procedures
2) the suitable interpretations and activities
Suitable interpretations Suitable activities
1. a manual of biodiversity
database
1. transact survey to study biodiversity along the coastline area
2. natural trails tacking 2. taking fishery boats along natural tails to survey biodiversity,
3. animal habitat charts 3. kayaking along natural trails to survey mangrove forest biodiversity
4. local guides 4. taking fishery boats to learn fisherman life style
5. information center 5. reforesting mangroves activities
• To manipulate a pilot project based on tourism management for the coastal resources learning of local people
3) Assessment of tourism activities arrangement in the educational site
3.1) Results of Tourist Participants’ Opinion Survey
4.4
4.45
4.5
4.55
4.6
4.65
4.74.69 4.69
4.62
4.5
4.63
3.2) Results of Academic Personnel Participants’ Opinion Survey
4.44.454.5
4.554.6
4.654.7
4.67
4.554.52
4.58
The final manual of Biodiversity database
CONCLUSION
AND
DISCUSSION
• The living organisms of 3 Kingdoms composed of totally 317 species of Protista, Plantae, and Animalia were found
• Dominant spices of the aquatic fauna in this area are composed of 4 phyla
– 4 species of sea cucumber – 3 species of jelly fish – 2 species of tube worm– 1 specie of tongue shell
Biodiversity Survey
CONTD.• After Tsunami disaster some species were found in this
area; - Tongue shell- Razor clam- Nudibranch- Some reef fish
It was assumed that the occurrence of these species might be brought from coral reef off Kapur coast
Educational site and tourism activities development
• The results of focus group discussion illustrate that the tourism development should be based on the
4 important components (Ceballos-Lascurain, 1998)– 1) area – 2) management – 3) activities and procedures– 4) participation
• a successful developing and promoting of ecotourism in the community should be based on local people participation (Tungchitwattana, 1996).
Assessment of tourism activities arrangement in the educational site• They were held in order to navigate a pilot
tourism project for coastline resources learning together with local guide. At first, the participants were general tourists and later were academic personnel.
• The results show that the tourist participants and academic personnels have very much agreed with this project.
• The most agreed aspect was community services providing followed by the service outcomes.
CONTD.• An educational site is meaningful for supporting
education even though learners are not at class room (Good, 1973).
• The important principles of educational site should be based on reality of places and conditions and there should be located of discipline management center in order to establish an effective and diverse educational site (Wannapong, 1998).
• This research covers the feature of the principle of ecotourism.
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