Kevin Phun

Kev­in Phun

Kevin Phun

Kev­in Phun is a spe­cial­ist in respons­ible tour­ism who com­bines tour­ism and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment know­ledge and expert­ise. He is the founder of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS) and can be reached at kevin[at]crts.asia.

Footprints: What does it mean for travel & tourism to be carbon neutral?

September 1, 2020

Kids leave footprints in the sand as they walk along the beach. https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-oecjf

Car­bon neut­ral travel & tour­ism. Net-zero travel. Zero-car­­bon tour­ism. Car­bon footprint(s). Foot­print size. Foot­print depth.  Be care­ful where you step for the whole land­scape is a poten­tial mine­field … loc­ally, nation­ally, and glob­ally … as we nav­ig­ate cli­mate and cli­mate change. Kev­in Phun of “GT” Part­ner the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore care­fully touches on all […]

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How can tourism safeguard intangible cultural heritage? A peek at Penghu

May 12, 2020
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Penghu fish traps. The iconic double love heart formation. By chingtao0007 (CC0) via Needpix. https://www.needpix.com/photo/1171932/penghu-beach-love-free-pictures-free-photos-free-images-royalty-free-free-illustrations

In this fresh “GT” Insight, respons­ible tour­ism and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment spe­cial­ist Kev­in Phun takes a peek at the pis­cat­ori­al pro­fi­cien­cies of the people of Penghu, Taiwan to dis­cuss how the tan­gible and intan­gible should be con­sidered inter­con­nec­ted when plan­ning sus­tain­able cul­tur­al her­it­age tour­ism attrac­tions. Intan­gible cul­tur­al her­it­age (ICH) refers to aspects of peoples’ cul­tures that […]

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