ʻImi kahi hanana hou e hāpai i ka makaʻala i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoihoi o ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka ecotourism a i ka manawa like, e hoʻokumu i nā manawa kūpono e pōmaikaʻi ai i kēia mammal nui, ke kaiapuni, a me nā kaiāulu kūloko.

ʻO kahi hanana ecotourism hou, Elephant Travel Mart 2018, i mālama pū ʻia e 'Save Elephant Foundation' a me nā 'Asian Elephant Projects', i manaʻo e hōʻuluʻulu i nā mea hoʻokele elephant e pono ai a me nā hui mākaʻikaʻi ma Chiang Mai ma Kēkēmapa 14.

Hana ʻia kēia hanana ma Khum Kan Toke, Chiang Mai, e ka mea hoʻokumu o 'Save Elephant Foundation', ʻo Sangduen Chailert (Lek), e hana nei me ka luhi ʻole no ka pono o nā elepani o Thailand.

Ua pili lōʻihi ka mākaʻikaʻi Elephant me Thailand e nā poʻe huakaʻi mai nā wahi o ka honua a kōkua i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā miliona o nā malihini kipa i ka ʻāina i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Eia nō naʻe, ke ulu nei kahi mea ulu mai nā ʻano kuʻuna o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻelepani (e like me ka holo ʻana o ka ʻelepani a me nā hōʻike kele) i nā huakaʻi ʻelepani elepani e hāʻawi nei i nā papahana e hoʻomau a hoʻolilo i ka olakino i mea nui i mea nui.

ʻO nā koina Ecotourism e paipai nei i nā ʻano huakaʻi me ka hopena liʻiliʻi i ke kaiapuni e pāhola nui nei, ʻoi aku i waena o ka poʻe ʻōpio. Ke ulu nei kahi hopohopo nui no ke kaiapuni a no ka pono o nā holoholona e loli nei i ka makaikai ma nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi he nui a puni ka honua - kahi loli maikaʻi e hōʻike ana i nā manawa kūpono nui.

ʻO kahi pahuhopu nui o Elephant Travel Mart 2018 ka mea e hoʻolako i kahi wahi e hōʻuluʻulu ai i ka poʻe e kūkākūkā pehea e hiki ai i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻololi ʻana e pane i kēia ʻano a kūpono i nā koi hoʻololi o nā huakaʻi.

Hōʻike ʻo Lek Chailert, "Inā hana pū nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻohana ana i nā hana kūlohelohe a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka pane ʻana i ka noi no ka ecotourism hoʻomau i Thailand, hiki ke loaʻa kahi pilina pili pono e hana i nā pono ākea no nā ʻelepani, ke kaiapuni, liʻiliʻi nā kaiāulu, a me ka hoʻokele waiwai Thai. "

E hoʻomaka ka hanana me kahi ʻōlelo hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea hoʻolohe e Lek, a ukali ʻia e kahi hana wehe, me kahi hana e ka Chiang Mai College of Dramatic Arts. E hālāwai nā mea mākaʻikaʻi Elephant a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi e kūkākūkā i nā manawa kūpono no ka hana pū ʻana.

Ma ka hanana, aia he 30 mau keʻena e kū ana i nā papahana 'Saddle Off' i paipai ʻia e nā Project Elephant Asia. E hāʻawi ana kēlā me kēia pahu i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i kā lākou papahana a hāʻawi i nā pepelu a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe kipa. E loaʻa pū kekahi mau makana kau laki me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kīʻaha makana manuahi e kipa aku ai i nā papahana 'Saddle Off' like ʻole ma ka moku ʻo Chiang Mai.

I ke ahiahi, e mālama ʻia ka pāʻina awakea a me nā hoʻokipa i hāʻawi ʻia e nā hōkū Thai like ʻole me Rose Sirinthip, Baitoey R-SIAM, King The Star, a me Bow Benjasiri. E hoʻolaha ʻia nā mea lanakila o ke kaha kiʻi laki. E pau ka hanana me kahi ʻōlelo pani a Prof. Prayat Vorapreecha, Kōkua Hoʻohanohano o Save Elephant Foundation.

Lana ka manaʻo e hāʻawi kēia hanana i kahi manawa kūpono e kūkaʻi a hoʻomohala i nā manaʻo a kūkulu pū i nā pilina ma waena o nā lālā o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi i mea e hoʻohana pono ai i ka ulu nui o ka ecotourism.

"ʻO ka kūleʻa o kēia hanana i paʻa i ka hiki ke hopena maikaʻi i ka pono o nā elepani ma Thailand, pale a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaiapuni, a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu kūloko," i pau iā Ms. Chailert.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

ʻO kahi pahuhopu nui o Elephant Travel Mart 2018 ka mea e hoʻolako i kahi wahi e hōʻuluʻulu ai i ka poʻe e kūkākūkā pehea e hiki ai i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻololi ʻana e pane i kēia ʻano a kūpono i nā koi hoʻololi o nā huakaʻi.
Lek Chailert suggests that, “If ethical tour operators using environmentally sound practices and tour agencies work together in response to the demand for sustainable ecotourism in Thailand, a mutually beneficial relationship can be achieved that will create widespread benefits for the elephants, the environment, small communities, and the Thai economy.
Lana ka manaʻo e hāʻawi kēia hanana i kahi manawa kūpono e kūkaʻi a hoʻomohala i nā manaʻo a kūkulu pū i nā pilina ma waena o nā lālā o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi i mea e hoʻohana pono ai i ka ulu nui o ka ecotourism.