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| “Tiger Island” will be a large piece of land with a deep high-sided moat around it so that the tigers can have somewhere to roam free for at least some of the time. There would also be a walkway around the moat so that tourists could watch the tigers roaming. |
  20 million baht is required to complete the project. This is about £300,000. Hopefully a large amount of this money can be raised from the entrance fees charged to tourists. The entrance fee is 300 Baht (approx $10 USD), which is a lot of money for Thailand. However, if the tigers can be quickly given their new home, the fee is worth it. |
We were at the temple for one week. The visitor numbers were as follows: |
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| Friday, 10 March 2006 Saturday, 11 March 2006 Sunday, 12 March 2006 Monday, 13 March 2006 Tuesday, 14 March 2006 Wednesday, 15 March 2006 Thursday, 16 March 2006 TOTAL |
268 196 198 281 258 167 269 1637 |
That amounts to almost $16,500 for the week on entrance fees alone. Even assuming that visitor numbers do not increase, (we are sure they will), this is $850,000 in one year. The temple also sells T-Shirts and baseball caps and accepts donations. A new home for the tigers by March 2007 then??? Hopefully, we can go back and see. |