BAAC supports Thai tourism community

Kanchanaburi, BAAC supports Thai tourism towards Agro-Tourism, aims to build a tourism community base nationwide in 97 communities, expanding the tourism network to more than 290 communities to the world market, promoting the Ban Samakkhitham community. Kanchanaburi Province BAAC tourism community model Mr. Chatchai Sirilai, Manager of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), visited the Ban Samakkhitham community. BAAC tourism community is open to interested tourists to visit and experience community tourism. Members have formed groups to engage in additional occupations such as processing bamboo, which is abundant in the area, into furniture. and take waste materials from bamboo scraps and process them into compressed bamboo products under the brand V-WAN and weave bamboo products such as bamboo splints and bamboo drinking glasses. and bamboo straws Including making bamboo shoots pickled in salt water. It is naturally fermented and can be stored for years. It is considered a good thi ng for the Ban Samakkhi Tham community. Bring raw materials in the community to create added value. Tourists can come and see the agricultural activities produced by various professional groups and also visit the beautiful Ban Nam Samakkhi Tham reservoir. Until it was called 'Pang Ung Sai Yok' offers walking tours or riding boats to see beautiful and peaceful scenery. Mr. Chatchai added that BAAC supports the tourism community and the tourism community network. To raise the level of Thai tourism to Agro-Tourism by supporting communities in many dimensions through the DandMBA (Design and Management By Area) project, able to develop over 8,889 customers and communities, including adding knowledge with the 1U1C (1 University 1 Community) model. ) in collaboration with networks in both the public, private and educational institutions. To further develop agricultural product standards throughout the value chain and support new growth (New Business) by relying on a group of people with expertise in production. Bus iness management, marketing, including creating a platform to connect businesses in the agricultural sector To stimulate employment in the community, create careers, create income, and lead to managing and solving debt problems in the community. 'BAAC also brings the community's strengths to develop, expand, and lay down guidelines for managing tourist attractions in line with tourist needs under the BCG principles by making the most of them. To create sustainability for the community Adding a modern design with standards for sale in markets with high purchasing power. and raise the level of agricultural tourism (Agro-Tourism) to be known both at home and abroad. Therefore, the goal is to create 12 agricultural tourism routes throughout the country. Upgrading 97 tourism communities to international standards and building a network base of more than 290 tourist communities nationwide to generate income from tourism. It is expected to attract at least 200,000 tourists and help create income for the community o f not less than 50 million baht.' For the Ban Samakkhitham community There is a rich community forest. This allows many types of trees to be planted, such as red padauk trees, maca trees, and bamboo trees. The produce in the area is processed into food and various products sold to the market. both offline and online To create careers and additional income for people in the community. In particular, 100% of bamboo is used to reduce waste from scrap materials and use resources efficiently, such as processing it into compressed bamboo products under the brand V-WAN, bamboo splints, bamboo drinking glasses, bamboo straws, and chemical-free pickled bamboo shoots, etc. Part of the community's income is used to develop the forest and grow more bamboo. In order to return nature to the community forest so that it does not disappear. BAAC has participated in supporting the budget in developing and upgrading tourist attractions in the community. Promoting knowledge in using technology and innovation to develop product s Both upgrading product quality Processing and designing packaging to be modern and up to standard Providing financial knowledge and financial immunity building activities Upgrading financial organizations to community financial institutions To strengthen financial discipline and effective management of village funds. Including supporting the increase of green areas and using perennial trees as collateral through the tree bank project and extending it to selling Carbon Credits. An important factor that BAAC takes care of is Therefore want farmers Access funding sources with lenient interest rates through a variety of loans, such as Sang Thai Community Business Loans. Interest rate 0.01 percent per year, loans to strengthen SMEs and good innovation loans with capital. Interest rate 4 percent per year, etc. Source: Thai News Agency