Sustainable Code of Practice
Libong Nature Beach Resort is one of the pilot sites for Sustainable Tourism in the Thai-Swedish Project. The resort adopts a good environmental management system and its income goes towards nature conservation and local welfare activities. The resort is located on Libong Island - the largest island in the Trang Sea and it is home to the near extinct dugongs, rare migratory birds and an interesting fishing community.
In cooperation with the Lifelong Learning Foundation, we have developed what is referred to as the Nature Resort’s Sustainable Code of Practice.
Some examples of this are:
1. Promoting the use of sea kayaks and bicycles as these are tours that do not use fossil fuels.
2. Encouraging the use of traditional longtail boats for tours. We also train our boatmen to take tourists dugong tracking and bird watching the sustainable way.
3. Lights used in the resort are energy efficient as it only uses 20% power of a regular light bulb.
4. Water saving push taps are used in public places.
5. Wastewater from the restaurant is used to water in-house plants and vegetables.
6. Glass bottles such as beer, soft drinks and water are sent to the mainland by longtail boat to be recycled.
7. The resort supports the local sea gypsy community by employing service staff from the village and promoting native handicrafts.
8. Another form of support for the local island economy is the resorts purchase of seafood and vegetables from the local fishermen and farmers.
9. The resort also has a sound tsunami preparation and action plan.
Nature Resort’s environmental efforts have been recognized worldwide. Its efforts have been featured in leading travel magazines and newspapers around the world. We would like to invite anyone interested to visit us and check us out!
For more information, please go to www.trangsea.com