“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places

“GT” Des­tin­a­tions & Places is all about con­fid­ent des­tin­a­tions, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

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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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How Anh Duong turns plastic waste into products, learnings, livelihoods in Vietnam

and October 28, 2025

How Anh Duong turns plastic waste into products, learnings, livelihoods in Vietnam

In the heart of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, plastic waste is more than an envir­on­ment­al issue; it is a com­munity challenge. 

Anh Duong Cen­ter is facing up to the chal­lenge by turn­ing plastic waste into products, learn­ings, and livelihoods. 

Their innov­at­ive school-based mod­el has earned recog­ni­tion from the 2025 EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Awards in the ‘People’ category.

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Can social media content creators promote peace through tourism in Israel and Palestine?

October 12, 2025

Can social media content creators promote peace through tourism in Israel and Palestine? Image generated by Gemini prompted by the headline of this post. "GT" added the words.

As the fra­gile first phase of a new peace deal com­mences in Gaza, Ahmed Abdel Fat­tah pon­ders the poten­tial for social media con­tent cre­at­ors to con­sol­id­ate con­nec­tions and pro­mote peace through tour­ism in Israel and Palestine.

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Green Destinations appoints Kevin Phun lead expert for Southeast Asia, Pacific

October 3, 2025

Green Destinations appoints Kevin Phun lead expert for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Pic description: “I was on a layover in Singapore and decided to visit the Super Tree Grove at Gardens by the Bay. I arrived in the late afternoon and the lighting was brilliant. This is taken from the walkway connecting the trees. Just an amazing site to visit, especially at sunset.” _ Coleen Rivas (CC0) via Unsplash. “GT” added "Branching OUT".

Green Des­tin­a­tions has appoin­ted Kev­in Phun as lead inde­pend­ent expert for South­east Asia and the Pacific. Mr Phun will engage des­tin­a­tions, busi­nesses, and experts in Green Des­tin­a­tions and Good Travel Alli­ance programs.

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You’re invited: Learn about best practices at the EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards

September 15, 2025

EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards empowering sustainable tourism in Asia

You’re invited to the cere­mony of the third edi­tion of the EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Awards to take place on Octo­ber 1! 

This spe­cial event will hon­our out­stand­ing organ­isa­tions ded­ic­ated to pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able and respons­ible tour­ism, cel­eb­rat­ing their achieve­ments with well-deserved recog­ni­tion and awards.

What to expect …

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As Bali runs dry, can tourism help replenish its water?

and September 10, 2025

In Bali, water is essential to culture as well as life. As Bali runs dry, can tourism help replenish its water?

The travel & tour­ism industry can be expec­ted to hon­our the human right to water, par­tic­u­larly in com­munit­ies and des­tin­a­tions in which it operates. 

Industry stake­hold­ers need not see this as a bur­den, but rather as a com­pel­ling oppor­tun­ity to mean­ing­fully engage with loc­al people on secur­ing tra­di­tion­al water sup­plies, all the while devel­op­ing more sus­tain­able water and waste man­age­ment sys­tems of their own.

Nic­olaus Sulistyo sheds light on IDEP Found­a­tion’s Bali Water Pro­tec­tion (BWP) ini­ti­at­ive; an EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Award winner.

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