For wildlife travel, Thailand tops the chart

Friday, October 26, 2018

The Global Wildlife Travel Index ranks Thailand in fourth position in the world, the highest in all of Asia. Only the US, Venezuela, and Brazil achieved higher ranking in the index created by True Luxury Travel.

 
Thailand scored seven, the highest possible score in the categories scrutinizing its conservation of megafauna (or large animals), its number of national parks, and its number of natural history museums. Also, the country scored five in other categories evaluating its biodiversity, the total number of protected natural areas, and its “national park pioneers” placement (which ranks countries based on their oldest national park).

 
In the world, Thailand has the third highest number of national parks (138 parks) as well as bragging of around 35 natural history museums, as per Katie Kennard, head of the Asia Team at True Luxury Travel.

 
To quote Kennard, “It is clear that Thailand has responded to the consequential global pressures to increase sustainability and worked hard on increasing conservation and wildlife preservation within the country.”

 
Yet regardless of Thailand’s apparent conservation successes, the country still goes through difficulties in preserving the health of its ecosystems.

 
“Although tourism levels within Thailand are on the rise, families in rural areas of Thailand are predominantly dependent upon primary methods of employment for financial income, such as farming, mining and fishing, all of which can have devastating effects on conservation attempts through deforestation and habitat destruction,” added Kennard.

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