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SPEAKERS' PROFILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. FUMIHIRO SAKAKIBARA

Director

Japan Ecotourism Society

Japan  more info
 

Planning issues in Ecotourism:
Identifying Market information and tourist requirements

 

Findings by JES on matching market requirements and local suitability

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Jens Uwe Parkitny

Manager Product & Business Development

Expedia.Com

Germany  more info

 
Marketing Ecotourism in the Internet Age

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Carol Patterson

President
Kalahari Management Inc.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada more info

 

Keynote V: Operating and Marketing Ecotourism

 

Starting and operating a successful ecotourism business

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. John Blacket

Regional Manager Asia/Pacific
Integrated Energy Services

Fiji  more info

 
Green Technologies case studies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Yeoh Siew Hoon

Editorial Director
Reed Business Information Asia
TRAVEL & MEETINGS GROUP

Singapore more info

 

Concluding Keynote remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Costas D. Christ

Senior Director

Ecotourism, Conservation International,

Washington, D.C., USA more info

 

 

Planning issues in Ecotourism and community development

The role of Ecotourism in Nature Conservation

 

 

 

Rosemary Black, Lecturer

Charles Sturt University

Albury, New South Wales

Australia

 more info

 

Specific Accreditation procedures and techniques & National ecotour Guide Certification


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Datuk Rajah Indran

Project Manager

WWf/Partners for Wetlands

Sabah, Malaysia more info

 

Model Ecologically Sustainable Community Tourism, MESCOT, Butu Puteh, Kinabatangan River, Sabah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Edric Ong Liang Bin

President

The Arts & Crafts Society of Sarawak

Kuching, Malaysia  more info

 

 

 

Eco-resort/lodge design

 

Christian (Chris)

J.van der Merwe, Mr

Travel Journalist
Adventure Geographic and Frontline Communications

Pretoria, South Africa  more info

 

Carrying capacity in nature areas. Case studies on uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park and Greater St Lucia Wetland Park

 

Balancing Profitability and sustainability. Case studies on Cradle of Humankind and Robben Island

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Tor Hundloe

Chairman

Wet Tropics

Queensland, Australia more info

 

Keynote II: Linking Green Productivity & ecotourism: Concept and Practices

 

Carrying capacity: techniques and methods

 

Keynote IV: Role of Accreditation and Interpretation: Accreditation procedures and techniques

 

Keynote VI: Economics of Ecotourism

 

 

Dr. Geoffrey Davison

Director,

Borneo Program WWF Malaysia

Sabah, Malaysia more info

 

Carrying capacity in Wetlands

 

 

 

 

Ms. Darline Lim

Project Coordinator

Maliau Basin Conservation Area

Sabah, Malaysia.

 

Maliau Basin Conservation Area Management Plan

 

 

 

Albert Teo

Managing Director

Sukau Rainforest Lodge

Sabah, Malaysia  more info

 

Ecotourism Principles and Practices in operating an ecolodge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haji Sahariman

President

Association of Homestay Program

Malaysia more info

 

Home Stay Program: A Malaysian Case study

 

 

 

 

Guy Chester

Director

EcoSustainability

Queensland, Australia more info

 

Key note III: Best Practice Ecotourism: Eco Success Costs Less

 

"Global Recognition: Competitive Advantages of Ecotourism Accreditation"

 

 

 

 

Fergus Tyler Maclaren

Director

International Year of Ecotourism

TIES, USA more info

 

Keynote I: Global issues in ecotourism

Carrying capacity in marine areas

 

 

 

 

 

Phillip Yong Khi Liang

Managing Director

Borneo Adventure Sdn. Bhd.

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. more info

 

Impact of ecotourism on longhouse community

 

Mr. Niranjan Khatri

Welcome Group, Hotels, Palaces and Resorts

India more info

 

Welcome Group hotels, India

GP in Hotel chains

 

 


 

Paul Basintal

Assistant Director

Sabah Parks

Sabah, Malaysia

 

Turtle Conservation Program on Turtle Islands Park

 

 

 

   


 

Dr. Jamili Nais

Ecologist

Kinabalu Park World Heritage Site

Malaysia

 

Community Participation in Rafflesia Conservation

 


 

 

 

 

 

Malaysian Association Of Tour and Travel Agent Japan Ecotourism Society National Productivity Council Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation Asian Productivity Organisation Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism Kota Kinabalu City Council Tourism Malaysia PATA Malaysia Chapter Sabah Tourist Association Sabah Tourist Guide Association

 

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