A worker at Khao Yai National Park collects trash left by tourists after the 2016 New Year celebrations. Yet our park officials are playing hardball against drinkers at these sites (a much smaller problem, I believe), while being much softer on litterers. According to the department, there were 12.9 million visitors to national parks last year, generating 1.9 billion baht in revenue. In fact, an urgent measure needed at national parks is a total ban on dumping trash and fines for violators. Park officials even distributed rubbish bags to visitors on their way to the parks, asking them to leave the bags at designated spots.

Source: Bangkok Post December 04, 2017 21:29 UTC