Piloki is only one of the many villages in this impoverished area of Thailand, but one that has taken matters into its own hands by deciding to form a co-operative to develop community-based tourism – by the community, for the community. This is the key difference between it and other tourism projects. Fears of tourism turning villages into cultural circuses where daily life is completely disrupted by the money that tourism brings are lessened by the fact that all decision-making is done by co-operative members who belong to the community. Piloki residents can reinvest their earnings into expanding their school, buying medicine for their clinic, or providing job training for youth. This is not a business benefiting outsiders or one individual or company. Trained guides, cooks, cleaners and other workers receive a monthly wage for their services. 
