Project Name: Master Plan Study for Area Development and Management of Kho Chang and Surrounding Area

Consultant: Asian Engineering Consultants Corp., Ltd.

Country: Thailand

Project Location within Country: Trad, Thailand

Name of Client: National Economics and Social Development Board

Professional Staff Provided :

No. of Staff: 8

No. of Man-Months: 25

Start Date (Month/Year) 01/2002 Completion Date (Month/Year) 09/2002

Approximate Value of Services: US$ 0.45 M.

Name of associated firm(s), if any: Proportion :

Dhara Consultants Co., Ltd. 21.16 %

Mahanakorn Consultants Co., Ltd. 19.13 %

Project Cost: US$ - M.  (1 US$ = 44 Baht)

Detailed Narrative Descriptive of Project :

Kho Chang Archipelago consists of 49 islands of various sizes located south of Trat province approximately 315 km from Bangkok on the east coast near Cambodian boarder. Koh Change island itself (20,880 ha) is the second largest island in Thailand with rain forest covering 85% of the area. Due to the variety of natural resources i.e. rain forest, coral reef, beach, mountain, these island have good potential for ecotourism resource development.

Detailed Description of Actual Services provided :

The master plan study covers prefeasibility studies of 5-6 high priority projects, administrative arrangement and management plan for Koh Chang with sustainable development to become an international tourism destination. The career promotion plan for local people and marketing strategy for high quality tourism are also included in the study.

Highlight :

This project is prefeasibility studies of the high priority projects, arrangement and management plan for Koh Chang with sustainable development to become on international tourism destination.