A GIS-based tool to estimate carbon stock related to changes in land use due to tourism in Phuket Island, Thailand

Prueksakorn, Kritana; Gonzalez, Jorge Carlos; Keson, Jutaporn; Wongsai, Sangdao; Wongsai, Noppachai; Akkajit, Pensiri

doi:10.1007/s10098-017-1455-5

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“…In 2013, Phuket had a high number of tourists of 13 million [49], but it was able to pass that situation, delightfully, even though the amount of water should not be sufficient according to the results of this study. This is possibly due to the local use of self-drilled groundwater [15], which may be an amount that is beyond the 4,000,000 m 3 /year of groundwater that the government estimates [40].…”

Section: Assessment Of the Tourism Carrying Capacity In Terms Of Watermentioning

confidence: 73%

“…It can be noticed that a value of only 2.2% from Section 3.5 results in an increase of seven million tourists because it is a percentage calculated at the provincial level. Nevertheless, from several years of statistical data between 2013 and 2019, Phuket Province has tourists in the range of 10-13 million people per year [49][50][51], while the Tourism Authority of Thailand-Phuket Office, which is an agency responsible for supporting tourism in Phuket Province set a target for the number of tourists for 2023 at 12 million people per year [52]. If the target is adhered to, after the use of the registered and latent population, Phuket water is insufficient to meet the needs of tourists in Phuket Province.…”

Section: Assessment Of the Tourism Carrying Capacity In Terms Of Watermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even though efforts are being made to solve the problem by expanding reservoir areas and other water bodies, more than doubled from 2000 to 2018, transformed many types of areas such as agricultural lands, forests, or even urban & built-up [49,54]. These issues require more significant attention and action within the administrative sector.…”

Section: Guidelines For Augmenting the Water Supply In Phuket Provincementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Connection between Phuket’s Water Supply and the Hotel Sector’s Water Use for Assessment of Tourism Carrying Capacity

Sattraburut,

Prueksakorn,

Kitcharoen

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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For tourism development in areas where there are frequent problems with water shortage, it is important to assess water use potential from a geographic perspective. This study investigated the relationship between water use in the hotel sector and the amount of available water in Phuket for tourism carrying capacity assessment. Geographic information system (GIS) was applied to support spatial analysis. The studied hotels were in the size required to conduct an environmental impact assessment (EIA), totaling 178 hotels. There would be a total water use of 24,275 m3/day and 40,457 m3/day in the low and high seasons, respectively. In terms of annual water use, in the cases of lowest, normal, and highest possible consumption, there would be water consumption amounts of 8,860,021 m3/year, 11,303,606 m3/year, and 14,766,699 m3/year, respectively. From evaluating the capacity to support tourists in terms of water adequacy in Phuket Province, our results reveal that the amount of water in the province is insufficient to meet the needs of tourists. This is because the number of tourists coming to travel each year is ordinarily more than 10 million people, and there is a plan to accommodate 12 million tourists in 2023, but the amount of water that the province can procure is sufficient to support a maximum of not more than 8,986,600 tourists per year only if the water that EIA hotels store and produce themselves is included. This amount of water is still insufficient for the targeted number of tourists and other sectors, and the province’s water demand is likely to increase. In this regard, Phuket should hastily prepare a plan and measures to increase the amount of available water within the province.

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Section: Assessment Of the Tourism Carrying Capacity In Terms Of Watermentioning

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Section: Assessment Of the Tourism Carrying Capacity In Terms Of Watermentioning

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Section: Guidelines For Augmenting the Water Supply In Phuket Provincementioning

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The Connection between Phuket’s Water Supply and the Hotel Sector’s Water Use for Assessment of Tourism Carrying Capacity

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“…Phuket Bay is located at the southeast of the Phuket Island and considered to be a primary area for maritime activities [12]. However, Phuket Bay is becoming increasingly polluted from anthropogenic sources, and there is an increased risk to public health from heavy metal contamination due to rapid urbanization, discontinued tin (Sn)-mining done with ponds, discharge of wastewater from local communities, and the development of human activities including maritime activities in the coastal zone [13]. The importance of sediments to coastal ecosystems and the environment has been discussed in relation to various parts of Thailand, but the pollution levels and toxicity caused by heavy metal contamination in Phuket Bay has attracted little prior research attention [14][15].…”

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Spatial Distribution of Bioavailable Metal Concentrations and Total Metal Concentration-depth Relationship along the Sediment Profile within Phuket Bay

2022

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Heavy metals in coastal sediments can adversely affect human health and the environment. The distribution and metal bioavailability of Pb and Zn in 21 sediment samples collected from Phuket Bay, Phuket, Thailand using the first-two steps of sequential extraction proposed by the Standards, Measurements and Testing programme (known as BCR) was determined. The results showed that Pb formed weak complexes contributing up to 11.2% to 33% of its total concentration (1.7 to 7.5 mg kg-1) in the first fraction (BCR1), while Zn in the BCR1 fraction ranged from 4.9% to 9.9%. The results suggest that Pb could easily enter the food chain and the main cause of heavy metal contamination is related to local anthropogenic activities and effects of urbanization in the region, such as the ferry terminal, boatyards, and other maritime activities. Meanwhile, the enrichment factors of the metals showed minor to moderately severe enrichment. The metal concentration-depth relationship along the sediment profile showed metal concentration in each layer of the sediment core ranging from 45.4 to 88 mg Zn kg-1 and from 12.7 to 44.5 mg Pb kg-1. Based on the changes in heavy metal accumulation in the sediment core, and the calculated the enrichment factor versus depth, these allowed us to understand the historical variability in pollutant linked to past activities in Phuket Bay.

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“…The VRGIS technology that is based on mobile platforms has been successfully used in a wide range of fields (including security, education, and urban management) [ 20 , 21 ], and as a result, it provides an invaluable resource for resolving the issues that the tourism information service industry is currently experiencing. To accomplish the goals of a mobile VRGIS tourist system, mobile intelligent terminals must incorporate VRGIS technology [ 4 , 22 – 24 ].…”

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Dynamic Optimization Modeling of Smart Tourism Information System Using VRGIS in Big Data Environment

Zeng

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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The establishment of an intelligent, comprehensive, and all-encompassing information system for tourism management is the current trend in tourism informatization as a result of the continual development of modern information technology. Significant advancements in the field of VRGIS and its usage in research have been made as a result of the use of VRGIS to categorize, assess, plan, and manage tourism resources. The analysis of the recent development of VRGIS in tourism resource research is the first section of this work. This study examines and implements a mobile, computerized, and intelligent tourism service system that gives visitors a sense of the surrounding landscape using VRGIS. Three-dimensional mapping, environment detection, personal trajectory, and Weibo sharing are just a few of the system’s many helpful features. While travelling, tourists can get services that are more intelligent and practical. The drawbacks of conventional geographic information systems include their reliance on sophisticated models, network limitations, and operational challenges. New software architecture is put in place to get rid of network restrictions, virtual reality peripherals are used to make operation more convenient, and system modeling is rebuilt using the TIN data model and model simplification. The results of experiments show improved refresh rates and peripheral expansion modules. The user experience is enhanced by this research.

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A GIS-based tool to estimate carbon stock related to changes in land use due to tourism in Phuket Island, Thailand

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

The Connection between Phuket’s Water Supply and the Hotel Sector’s Water Use for Assessment of Tourism Carrying Capacity

The Connection between Phuket’s Water Supply and the Hotel Sector’s Water Use for Assessment of Tourism Carrying Capacity

Spatial Distribution of Bioavailable Metal Concentrations and Total Metal Concentration-depth Relationship along the Sediment Profile within Phuket Bay

Dynamic Optimization Modeling of Smart Tourism Information System Using VRGIS in Big Data Environment

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