INTERPRETATION: A MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR NATIONAL PARKS IN THAILAND

Abstract

Rules and regulations are no longer adequate as sole measures for the use of national park lands to achieve the two conflicting management goals, preservation and recreation.  A fresh approach, an interpretation, is proposed for solving management problems. Detailed concept of the interpretation and its possible application are discussed in accordance with several aspects of park management. Successful examples originated in some countries are carefully reviewed. Despite the facts that to integrate the interpretation into actual park operation and administration is a very difficult task, the optimistic approach of interpretation and its values could lend itself to win an important place in any park program.