Thailand?s Flood Management Policy: Issues, Developments and Implications for the Thai Tourism Industry

Nipawan Thirawat () and Pathomdanai Ponjan ()
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Nipawan Thirawat: Mahidol University International College, Business Economics Program, Business Administration Division
Pathomdanai Ponjan: Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok

No 301173, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: This paper aims to propose initiatives for flood management in order to prevent and alleviate the instability of tourism flows and economic loss of tourism industry, including cultural heritage tourism. Urbanisation and changeable demographics of floodplains and flood behaviour as well as the climate change have increased the exposure to flood risk in Thailand. Thai tourism sector was heavily affected by the floods in 2011. The disaster caused severe damages and losses such as a slowdown in income and a decline in the number of foreign tourists. Nonetheless, the negative impacts can be mitigated. Proper countermeasures include the developments of a proactive and integrated disaster risk management policy and effective non-structural strategies.

Keywords: Flood management policy; Disaster risk management; Tourism industry; Developing countries; Thailand; Non structural strategies; Impacts of flood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H59 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2014-07
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 11th International Academic Conference, Reykjavik, Jul 2014, pages 396-409

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