After a two-year hit on tourism, elephant and tiger attractions in Thailand have run low on money and are asking the federal government for financial help. Zoo operators met with the Tourism Commission yesterday at Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, citing their struggles through the Covid-19 pandemic.
The every day revenue for Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, in addition to the location in Phuket, dropped from 1 million baht to zero as a end result of closures and a scarcity of tourists, according to the managing director of Khum Sue Trakarn, a company that operates the 2 tiger parks. Reports say a quantity of different tiger attractions in Thailand couldn’t safe monetary credit from banks.
The managing director, Kochakorn Chaibutr, says that whereas the corporate has not been making an revenue, they still need to pay the costs to feed and home 220 tigers. For elephant sanctuaries, many in Thailand have been asking for donations for meals to feed the elephants.
A report from Nation Thailand says Tourism Commissioner Sirinthorn Ramsut and MPs from the Pheu Thai get together mentioned issues the zoo operators have been dealing with, like securing loans to assist them in the course of the pandemic. บริการติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ราคาถูก of elephant sanctuaries operate on undocumented land, making it difficult to safe loans, based on the president of Chiang Mai Tourism Business Association, Pacha Rattanaphan. He even pitched placing the elephants up as collateral for loans.
The owner of Lanna Kingdom Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Wittaya Phongsiri, reportedly called for low-interest enterprise loans, the suspension of all debt repayments during the pandemic, and monetary help to cover the costs for feeding the elephants..