•Improving the well being of individuals and the communities
•Provide a supportive framework for economic growth
•Protect and enhance the environment
•Optimize the level of tourism
•To ensure that the natural and cultural resources are indefinitely maintained in the process of development
•To upgrade revitalize existing outmoded or badly developed touristic areas
•To satisfy the manpower skill and capability requirements of tourism development
diesel-powered boats, leading to residents even cutting down the trees where the fireflies reside so as to stop the boats visiting the area.