"Baan Nam Chuet community based-tourism, Yao Noi island, Phang Nga province, the new style of community tourism. The villagers take care of their own tourist areas. In addition, the tourist attractions have beautifully developed and have their own trained local tour guides. And generated income to people in their area until today the community has become strong".
Baan Nam Chuet community won the first prize from the Pink Pracharath community award in 2017 on the implementation of the wellness agritourism project, they turned the waste into fertilizer and solved the trash problem on Koh Yao Noi. In addition, the model community like Baan Tha Khao has joined and supported the tourism in Khao Yao Noi, they have set the sustainable development plans to transform Khao Yao Noi’s tourism into a wellness agritourism by producing fertilizer from waste, encouraging community to grow organic rice, suggesting the local farmers to use the fertilizer from waste and moreover, cooperating with other tourism organizations to develop other aspects of the community such as the environment, economy and society to achieve the most tangible change in accordance with the development framework. They have also set the direction for sustainable growth in the future.
