The private sector including the tour operators and the government agencies i.e. Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) were aware of the necessity to create a network to support national ecotourism. There were occasions where ideas were exchanged and finally a national conference was held where participants from relevant agencies both public and private came together to establish the idea of creating an ecotourism network, with the aim to support ecotourism and sustainable tourism. The meeting agreed to create 3 levels of network: National, Operational and Local.

The private sector, which had more flexibility than other parties, had already set up a network called "Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association" (TEATA) in December 1997. TEATA was created with a joint effort of tour operators who regularly organized eco-trips. The aim was to maintain a high quality and standard for this type of tour activities, management, staff, programs management, trip itineraries and services, in order to achieve the ecotourism goal. i.e. to conserve nature, culture and environment.

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