Empowerment in effective communication skills and hospitality services of communities and park rangers in human-elephant conflict areas around Kui Buri National Park, Thailand

reduce human-elephant conflict around Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand.Kui Buri National Park has been experiencing human-elephant conflict (HEC) problems for the last 40 years.Many HEC mitigation measures have been adopted by various government agencies, private sectors, local communities, academic institutes, and NGOs.One of the successful long-term solutions for HEC, led by WWF-Thailand, was the establishment of community-based ecotourism activities through cooperation among local people, Kui Buri National Park (Department of National Park and Plant Conservation -DNP), provincial administration and NGOs.This project was later named "Kui Buri community-based ecotourism" and began actively serving tourists in 2006."The workshop had three objectives: (1) Increasing English communication skills and knowledge in hospitality services for local communities and park rangers to support ecotourism, (2) developing effective HEC mitigation measures and management, (3) establishing a wildlife conservation network.