GSTC2026 Phuket Complimentary Post-Conference Tours
As part of the GSTC2026 Phuket program, we are pleased to offer a selection of post-conference tours on April 24th.
Half-Day Experiences
Each post-conference tour is designed as a 4-hour Living Lab — not sightseeing, but real-world learning with local communities.
Participants will explore how sustainability works in everyday life — through food systems, marine economies, culture, ecosystems, and community resilience.
To join a complimentary tour, participants must pre-register and select their preferred tour option in advance due to limited capacity in all tours. Once the tours are open for registration, participants will get instructions to register.
Post-conference tour details (including exact timing, what to bring, etc ) are coming soon!
Route 1: Social Regeneration & A Dignity-Based Economy
Half Day (Approx. 4 Hours) | 8 am – 12 noon → Lunch Finish |
What You’ll Experience
A journey through a village → temple → rehabilitation program, showing how dignity, inclusion, and opportunity build strong communities.
Key Learning Themes
- Food heritage as community pride
- Faith institutions as social infrastructure
- Skills training and second chances through meaningful work
Key Visit
- Traditional Soy Sauce Production – Roth Yon Brand
- Rubber Plantation & Community Shrine
- Bang Jo Prison — Organic farming and vocational reintegration program
Highlights
✔ Social inclusion in practice
✔ Tourism as learning, not charity
✔ Real stories of resilience
Route 2: Living Marine Economy
Half Day (Approx. 4 Hours) | 8 am -12 noon → Lunch Finish |
What You’ll Experience
Discover how coastal communities balance livelihoods, food production, and marine conservation.
Key Learning Themes
- Traditional fishing knowledge and seasonal harvesting
- Cultural identity linked to the sea
- Community-managed aquaculture
- Mangroves as coastal protection and blue carbon ecosystems
Highlights
✔ Marine conservation linked to real livelihoods
✔ Community-led resource stewardship
✔ Ecosystem-based economic models
Route 3: Urban Heritage, Living Beliefs & Ecosystem Stewardship
Half Day (Approx. 4 Hours) | 1.30 pm – 5.30 pm
What You’ll Experience
Explore the city as a living system — where culture, belief, and nature shape urban resilience.
Key Visit
- Phuket Old Town — Walkable heritage city shaped by trade and migration
- Chinese shrines and food traditions (“Gastronomy of Belief”)
- Srinagarindra Phuket School — Youth-led mangrove conservation
Highlights
✔ Living heritage, not museum tourism
✔ Culture + ecology working together
✔ Youth leadership in sustainability
Route 4: Human–Wildlife Coexistence
Half Day (Approx. 4 Hours) | 8 am – 12 noon → Lunch Finish |
What You’ll Experience
A step-by-step understanding of coexistence:
Knowledge → Nature → Protected Areas → Community Practice
Key Visit
- Gibbon Rehabilitation Project — Conservation education and wildlife recovery
- Bang Pae Waterfall — Freshwater ecosystem observation
- Khao Phra Thaeo National Park — Protected rainforest ecosystem
- Bang Rong Community — Real-life coexistence with nature
Highlights
✔ Conservation with real-world boundaries
✔ From theory to lived community practice
✔ Systems thinking approach to nature
Route 5: The Essence of Ban Bang Rong — Heritage of Three Waters
Half Day (Approx. 4 Hours) | 8 am – 12 noon → Lunch Finish |
What You’ll Experience
A deep dive into a community shaped by freshwater, brackish water, and seawater ecosystems.
Key Learning Themes
- Integrated traditional farming (Suan Somrom)
- Small-scale fishing aligned with ecosystems
- Faith-guided community values and mutual support
Highlights
✔ Authentic community heritage
✔ Traditional ecological knowledge
✔ Direct support for local sustainable livelihoods
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