“Good Tourism” in Thailand

“Good Tour­ism” des­tin­a­tions and places in Thai­l­and, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the South­east Asi­an nation who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

Thailand’s waterways to become quieter, cleaner as electric engine secures finance

October 29, 2025

POSITIV's EV Boat electric boat engine secures EXO finance which may mean Thailand's waterways are set to become quieter and cleaner

A social enter­prise design­ing low-car­bon, com­munity-based tour­ism exper­i­ences has launched Thailand’s first elec­tric long­tail boat engine, the EV Boat, redu­cing car­bon emis­sions by 96% and cut­ting fuel costs dramatically.

What will POSITIV Group do with a USD 20,000 micro­loan from EXO Foundation’s Reset Tour­ism Fund?

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A force for good: What can global travel & tourism learn from social enterprises?

March 26, 2025
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Can the loc­al com­munity-based busi­ness mod­els of tour­ism social enter­prises be rep­lic­ated at glob­al scale? Anishka Narula-Nielsen thinks so. It’s her first “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You too can write a “GT” Insight.) The search for ‘good tour­ism’ Tour­ism is one of the most power­ful forces in the world. It drives eco­nom­ies, cre­ates jobs, and intro­duces us to […]

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Heartfelt thanks to Amazing Thailand, TAT, and guests, from the Anurak Lodge family

January 14, 2025

Anurak Community Lodge thanks Amazing Thailand for responsible tourism award

As repor­ted here, Anurak Com­munity Lodge in south­ern Thai­l­and won the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and 2024 Respons­ible Tour­ism Award in the “Respons­ible Tour­ism Accom­mod­a­tion” cat­egory. We are at once proud and humbled. Deep­est grat­it­ude The entire Anurak Lodge fam­ily extend our deep­est grat­it­ude to the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and (TAT) for the esteemed “Best Responsible […]

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Anurak Community Lodge wins Amazing Thailand responsible tourism award

November 6, 2024
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Anurak Community Lodge in southern Thailand has won the Tourism Authority of Thailand 2024 Responsible Tourism Award in the “Responsible Tourism Accommodation” category. Willem Niemeijer, Anurak co-founder and CEO of Anurak owner-operator YAANA Ventures, received the award from Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Sorawong Thienthong, at World Travel Market in London, November 5.

Anurak Com­munity Lodge in south­ern Thai­l­and has won the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and 2024 Respons­ible Tour­ism Award in the “Respons­ible Tour­ism Accom­mod­a­tion” cat­egory. Willem Niemeijer, Anurak co-founder and CEO of Anurak own­er-oper­­at­or YAANA Ven­tures, received the award from Thail­and’s Min­is­ter of Tour­ism and Sports, Sor­a­wong Thi­enthong, at World Travel Mar­ket in Lon­don, Novem­ber 5. ‘Hol­ist­ic approach’ […]

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Thailand serves up journeys of ‘local co-creation’

September 20, 2024

Thailand serves up community-based journeys of ‘local co-creation’

Cheffy takes on loc­al del­ic­acies were the focus of a com­munity-based tour­ism product launch in Thai­l­and: ‘The Jour­ney of Loc­al Co-Cre­a­tion’, Septem­ber 19, 2024, Siv­a­tel Bangkok. What is loc­al co-cre­ation? The Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and (TAT) and its ‘Loc­al Co-Cre­a­tion’ pro­ject part­ner, Loc­al Alike, presen­ted ‘co-cre­ated’ con­sum­ables from two com­munit­ies: Ban Sawa­tee in Khon Kaen […]

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Discover >100 new carbon-neutral ways to experience Thailand at ITB Berlin 2024

February 15, 2024

Discover 100 new carbon-neutral ways to experience Thailand at ITB Berlin 2024

Are you attend­ing ITB Ber­lin 2024 and look­ing for fun and inspir­ing new car­­bon-neut­ral tours and activ­it­ies in Thai­l­and for your increas­ingly cli­mate-aware cus­tom­ers? You’re in luck because the Thai Eco­tour­ism and Adven­ture Travel Asso­ci­ation (TEATA), in part­ner­ship with lead­ing Thai research and edu­ca­tion insti­tutes, is rolling out more than 100 new, inspir­ing tours designed to reduce […]

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