AirAsia Joins Hands with Rayong to Clean Up Mae Ramphueng Beach Cuts Carbon Emissions with #GREEN24 in Rayong, Thailand
AirAsia has joined hands with Rayong province in organizing "Green24 in Rayong, Thailand", a campaign inviting public, private, industrial and educational bodies as well as the general public to take part in cleaning up Mae Ramphueng Beach in Rayong and to instill a sense of environmental care for natural tourist attractions as well as to fight climate change.
Mr. Somsak Suwansujarit, Governor of Rayong, pointed out that Rayong is one of the eastern region's most rapidly growing provinces in terms of tourism and investment and it also features a fully realized industrial sector. He noted that such development requires proper management of natural resources and the environment, leading to the province's cooperation with AirAsia, which recently opened a flight base at U-Tapao Airport. He assured that state and private sector organizations in the province are fully supporting the worthwhile campaign.
"This activity reflects that the people of Rayong are aware of their environment. We expect over 2,300 people to take part in the beach clean-up and in reducing carbon emissions. The project also serves to enliven Rayong's tourism industry" the Rayong Governor stated.
Mr. Krid Pattanasan, Business Relations Manager of Thai AirAsia, explained that after the airline opened its latest flight hub at U-Tapao Airport of Rayong, operating 8 routes from the terminal, it decided to enact activities to promote the province's tourism and growth. The Green 24 campaign brings together both tourism and environmental development by cleaning up waste at some of Rayong's most popular travel destinations.
"AirAsia personnel will join the people of Rayong in cleaning up Mae Ramphueng Beach, one of the province's most important attractions. This campaign is a great opportunity to work with the public in a concrete manner and we hope that it will encourage the public to care more for the environment" Mr. Krit said.
All the waste collected as part of the project will be translated to Carbon Credits by the Natural Resources and Environment Office of Rayong after being sorted for either destruction or recycling.
The Green 24 campaign is a regional level project of AirAsia Group, which aims to create greater environmental awareness. The activity will take place this 29-30 January 2016 throughout Thailand's eastern region with AirAsia inviting all to care for the environment around their places of work and residence.
The campaign began in November 2015 in all countries where AirAsia is present and involved a range of undertakings to fight climate change based on the needs of each location. In one instance in November 2015, AirAsia Group joined with Tune Group to mobilize 150 volunteers to clean the area of a waterfall in Kanching Rainforest of Rawang, Malaysia, collecting over 600 kilograms of garbage and waste.