The problems of excessive amount of garbage and wastes from tourism in Phuket, Thailand

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The problems of excessive amount of garbage and wastes from tourism in Phuket, Thailand
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Contents
Attitude............................................................................................................................................2
Beginning.........................................................................................................................................2
Consider again.................................................................................................................................3
Definition of stakeholders................................................................................................................3
Explore assumptions........................................................................................................................4
Find information..............................................................................................................................5
Get the responsibility right..............................................................................................................7
Options.............................................................................................................................................8
Maximize outcomes.......................................................................................................................10
Reference.......................................................................................................................................12

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The problems of excessive amount of garbage and wastes from tourism in Phuket, Thailand
Attitude
Referring to the case study, there are actually ways that can be used to deal with the problems of
excessive amount of garbage and wastes from tourism in Phuket, Thailand. If the situation is not
controlled then it might be a big problem for the residents in Phuket and the tourists as well. The
excessive amount of waste and garbage will exert an enormous amount of pressure on the
environment as well as the carrying capacity of the city. Discussion and research can provide a
considerable amount of insight into the providing solution of tackling with the wastes ands
garbage.
Beginning
From the year 1990, Phuket has started to experience a lot of environmental problems due to
unmanaged economic growth. It is important to mention that the water pollution is a major
problem because the restaurants and the hotel dump a lot of their waste in to water. Although it
has been seen that Phuket has taken a considerable amount of initiative to tackle with the
problem. But the growing number of tourists has made the it impossible to manage the issue in a
sustainable way. The island has smore amount of garbage than the island nation can handle and it
is even increasing every year (The Phuket News Com, 2019). During to the increasing number of
tourists, a surplus of 70 to 95 tons of garbage gets piles every day. The garbage is even dumped
into the sanitary landfills which means that the garbage is piling up in to the underground on a
daily basis. Moreover, garbage is also dumped into the mangrove are in Phuket. It is important to
mention that there are not many dumpsites in Phuket. Whereas, it has been calculated that
tourists demand high amount of water in comparison to the locals and at the same time the

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amount is also not available. There is only water treatment plant that handles the polluted waster
in the island. It is important to mention that unmanaged and unregulated tourism can damage the
natural resources of the tourist destination. The landfills in Phuket are full and this adds to the
carbon emission and air pollution. Whereas, sending the garbage to the other provinces is not the
best option as it is a costly affair and this might create conflict with the other communities where
the landfills are situated (The Phuket News Com, 2019).
Consider again
The issue can also have a positive side. Due to the increase in tourism, the cost of living,
housing, land, services and goods have increased as well. Moreover, it is important to mention
that there is an increased cost of building the additional infrastructure as there is a growing
number of tourists in Phuket. the cost of road maintenance is high due to the fact that tourism is a
seasonal work and the income will not be distributed to the other part of the year. For example,
the number of tourists will be greater in the high season and there will be a smaller number of
tourists during the low season. Since the damage caused by the Tsunami in the year 2004, it has
shown that natural disaster can actually disturb the local economy. In Phuket agriculture comes
next to tourism and the land owners sell their rubber plantations so that they can work in the
tourism industry. One of the highlighting facts is that as land becomes expensive in Phuket, the
land owners sell their land and plantations so that they can have more money. This means that
the locals rely more on the tourism than before (The Ecologist, 2019).
Definition of stakeholders
The stakeholders in all current issue are the local residents, the tourists, environment, land
owners, tourism industry and Phuket government. The local residents are the important