Supaporn Suksileung Chwit Attasat Apiradee Suantan Nalena Prapiraksit Rakchanok Koto*

2. A Study of Biological Diversity to Develop the Educational Coastal Ecotourism Site in MuangkluangSub-district, KapurDistrict, Ranong Province SupapornSuksileung ChwitAttasat ApiradeeSuantan NalenaPrapiraksit Rakchanok Koto*

4. Kapur District

5. Muangkluang Sub-district, Ranong Province • 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

11. Muangkluang community Development and promotion for ecotourism in community Lack of biodiversity database Implementation of the biodiversity knowledge into educational tourism activities The conservation of natural resources and environment

12. 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

13. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1. Study Area: Muangkluang Sub-district, Kapur District, Ranong, Thailand Sampling Plots • Laem Son beach 2. KohMaprow 3. KohNok Hook 4. KohThoa • 5. KohPiak Num Yai 6. KohPiak Num Noi 7. AoRai • 8. Cage Culture in Mangrove 9. Laem Now Area 10. AoKhoei

14. 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)

15. 3. Research Procedures 3.1) Biodiversity Survey 3.2) Educational Site and Tourism Activities Development 3.3) Assessment of Tourism Activities Arrangement

16. 3.1) Biodiversity Survey • the specimens from 10 locations were collectedin 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

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. RESULTS OF THE STUDY

20. 1) The biodiversity of living organisms • the living organisms of 3 Kingdoms were found in this study • The living organisms in the coastline area of Muangkluang Sub-district, Kapur district, Ranong province were entirely found 317 species. • Kingdom Protista • 4 species of green algae • 4 species of brown algae • 3 species of red algae • Kingdom Plantae • 21 dicot species • 2 monocot species • Kingdom Animalia • 283 species • 154 genera • 13 phyla

21. Protista

22. Plantae; Sea grasses

23. Plantae; Monocotyledons

24. Plantae; Dicotyledons

25. Animalia Identified to 13 phyla 154 familiesand 283 species

26. Animalia

29. 22 18 83 52 77 18 97 128 25 37 • Laem Son beach 2. KohMaprow 3. KohNok Hook 4. KohThoa • 5. KohPiak Num Yai 6. KohPiak Num Noi 7. AoRai • 8. Cage Culture in Mangrove area 9. Laem Now Area 10. AoKhoei

30. 3.2) Educational Site and Tourism Activities Development • To provide academic supports to local communities • To arrange focus group discussion for stakeholders

31. Pre-manual for studying the biodiversity in coastal line of Muangkluang Sub-district • Poster of diversed organism

32. Assessment Results of Knowledge Distribution to Local Community

33. 1) the tourism development should be based on the 4 important components 1. area 2. Management 4. Participation 3. activities and procedures

34. 2) the suitable interpretations and activities

35. 3) Assessment of tourism activities arrangement in the educational site • To manipulate a pilot project based on tourism management for the coastal resources learning of local people

36. 3.1) Results of Tourist Participants’ Opinion Survey

37. 3.2) Results of Academic Personnel Participants’ Opinion Survey

38. The final manual of Biodiversity database

39. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION

40. Biodiversity Survey • The living organisms of 3 Kingdoms composed of totally 317 species of Protista, Plantae, and Animaliawere 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

41. 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

42. 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).

43. 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 personnelshave very much agreed with this project. • The most agreed aspect was community services providing followed by the service outcomes.

44. 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 onreality of places and conditionsand 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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