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Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing

, and December 9, 2025

Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing. Image by Gemini.

Glob­al tourism’s centre of grav­ity has shif­ted to Asia. But how do Asi­an des­tin­a­tions main­tain their spec­tac­u­lar growth amidst nat­ur­al dis­asters, pan­dem­ics, and geo­pol­it­ic­al instability? 

Dr Dav­id Beir­man and Dr Jeff Wilks reveal the strategies behind the region’s resi­li­ence in their upcom­ing book, ‘Risk and Tour­ism Mar­ket­ing in Asia’. And Bernie Rosen­bloom shares key find­ings from his chapter on Laos.

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From reef rubble to recovery: How Livingseas Asia is leading tourism in Bali

December 7, 2025

From reef rubble to recovery: How Livingseas Asia is leading tourism in Bali

Tour­ism built Bali’s repu­ta­tion but nearly broke its reefs. Now, the same industry is becom­ing a force for recovery.

Led by Liv­ing­seas Asia, a pion­eer­ing dive oper­at­or in Padang­bai, a grow­ing num­ber of vis­it­ors are return­ing not to take, but to give back. They are reviv­ing cor­al eco­sys­tems one dive at a time.

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Re-awakening: How can vibrant tales connect us all through folklore tourism?

November 30, 2025

Isle of Skye, Scotland, is a landscape of folklore. Photo by Vivian Sakko (c). "GT" added the words: "Do you believe?" Re-awakening: How can vibrant tales connect us all through folklore tourism?

In what ways might super­nat­ur­al folk­tales — and their anim­ist char­ac­ter­ist­ics — influ­ence res­id­ents’ and tour­ists’ per­cep­tions of and beha­viours with­in landscapes? 

Vivi­an Sakko invest­ig­ated this ques­tion on the Isle of Skye, Scot­land, for an award-win­ning master’s thes­is about folk­lore tourism …

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Cardamom Tented Camp among the world’s most responsible tourism projects: ICRT

November 4, 2025

Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia is among the world’s most responsible tourism projects according to the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT)

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp in Cam­bod­ia is among the world’s most respons­ible tour­ism pro­jects accord­ing to the Inter­na­tion­al Centre for Respons­ible Tourism. 

The eco­lodge was acclaimed among 30 final­ists at ICRT’s 2025 Glob­al Respons­ible Tour­ism Awards in Lon­don, Novem­ber 3.

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Can the tide of ocean plastic be stopped? The No-Trash Triangle Initiative thinks so

and November 1, 2025

Can the tide of ocean plastic be stopped? The No-Trash Triangle Initiative thinks so. Photo by Ezra Kaunang for NTTI

Per­haps 80% of the plastic in our oceans gets there via rivers. In Man­ado, Indone­sia the grass­roots No-Trash River pro­ject uses simple bar­ri­ers to catch plastic waste, pre­vent­ing it from reach­ing the Bunaken Mar­ine Park and spoil­ing its dive tour­ism hotspots.

Learn more from Anna Cler­ici, co-founder of the No-Trash Tri­angle Ini­ti­at­ive which is an EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Award winner.

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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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