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and losses, other sites with little or no damage will also experience high losses due to a
reduced number of tourists. For example, Sukothai Historical Park received almost no
tourists even if the region was not really affected by floods (Annex 21).
Several festivals will most likely experience losses and/or might be cancelled. The floods’
effects on other culture-related activities (craft and artisans livelihoods, local events and
markets) is much more difficult to quantify, yet a negative impact has definitely been noted.
A number of assumptions have been made based on information provided by the Tourism
Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Losses Estimates for Intangible Heritage 130
In terms of losses, the team was able to gather information about foreign and local investments
losses, as well as losses for 2011 and 2012. In addition, since the National Parks
documentation did not provide the proportion of Thai and foreign visitors, TAT documentation
was used to assume the proportion of foreign to Thai visitors to the park as a function
of the proportion of foreign to Thai visitors per province.
Visitor figures are based on
the fact that parks in Thailand
are mostly visited by locals. 131
Table 64 summarizes the total
losses as roughly 2.4 and
0.68 billion in 2011 and 2012,
respectively.
Heritage Assets
Repository of Heritage
Natural Heritage
Intangible Heritage
TOTAL
2011
571.46
3.13
10.69
1,810.78
2,396.06
2012
38.52
1.30
5.65
634.96
680.42
Table 64: Heritage sector
– Summary of yearly losses
per subsector in Thai baht,
millions
Figure 17: Ayuthaya
before and during the
floods
Source: Wikipedia
*Note: dates July 11, 2011 and October 23, 2011
130 Cross-references were checked with the Tourism and Environment sectors to avoid double accounting.
131 See Thavarasukha (1995) states that most Thai parks are visited by 95 percent local tourists, while Lindberg and al.
(1997) refers to the increasing number of foreigners visiting the parks, leaving up to 85 percent to the local market. We
have used that proportion.
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