What is Ecotourism exploration?
In this exploration, we are planning to create an Ecotourism site located in Preah Vihear province Cambodia. Which on the lop to Angkor Wat temple and Sombor Prey Kok temples. We want to create an Ecotourism site over there because in that area. Some people are cutting down trees and hunted wildlife animals. We don’t want to see that, so if we create an ecotourism site over there. We will save our natural resources. Most people might know, cutting down the tree is illegal. If they see a lot of tourists or people visiting the forest. They are guilt to cut down the trees. This exploration is also to find jobs for the community. Once there are tourists go to visit our place. They need to charge.
Creating an Ecotourism site is not easy. We need data, to know the interest of the tourists. If there is no one interested and not willing to go. How can we create it? We got to do the survey with the tourists to know their interests. Here is the data. There are 82.6% of tourists that willing to go. However, 11.1% are not sure and 6.3% are not willing to go.
We also went to Chambok which located in Kompong Speu province Cambodia. Chambok is also protecting natural resources by creating the Ecotourism site. We went there to interview the tour guide and get to know what we need to do to create an Ecotourism site.
If you are going to an Ecotourism site, you will have some activities with the villagers, explore the village and trekking. Here are some activities that Chambok Ecotourism site have provided:
After getting some ideas from Chambok. We prepared all the information together both the data from the tourists and Chambok, for the villagers in Preah Vihear province to give them some idea of what is Ecotourism. We want them to know what is Ecotourism. They are living in the countryside, so they might not know what is Ecotourism. We need to let them know how many percents of the tourists will come to visit their community. After doing the presentation to them. We start to interview them if they let us create an ecotourism site over there or not. If they do not allow how can we create the ecotourism site in their community? After interviewing, every single one of them agrees with the idea of creating an Ecotourism site in their community. They really want us to create an Ecotourism site over there because they can make money and protecting forests.