(Creative Commons via Flickr)Visitors to national parks who get drunk, make noise and cause disturbances will be turfed out, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has warned. Cars have run over monkeys, and reportedly drive elephants berserk in Khao Yai National Park. For example, the amount of garbage during a four-day period during the New Year celebration at Doi Inthanon National Park in 2015 was just over 70 tonnes. As most national parks are in sites which are hard to access, such as deep forest or islands, garbage is left to accumulate. Previously, the department was working with the Local Administrative Organisation in Phangnga National Park to reduce waste from the park.

Source: Bangkok Post November 29, 2017 21:45 UTC