“Good Tourism” news from Asia

Here you will find news about The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s Part­ners and friends in Asia (includ­ing the Middle East) — espe­cially their sus­tain­able tour­ism and/or respons­ible travel activ­it­ies — plus “Good news in tour­ism” and cov­er­age of Asi­an travel & tour­ism industry events to which “GT” is invited or oth­er­wise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.

Before Decem­ber 2019, “GT” would sum­mar­ise under-repor­ted news stor­ies or thought-pro­vok­ing fea­ture art­icles about or of import­ance to Asia by non-industry media. The sources were well-attrib­uted and linked. Any con­tent repub­lished in full was avail­able rights-free for that pur­pose from the likes of The Con­ver­sa­tion or the Thom­son Reu­ters Found­a­tion.

Good news in tourism July 5 – 11, 2020

July 12, 2020

By NASA; edited by Jaybear - Voyager: Humanity’s Farthest Journey, Public Domain (CC0) via Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28797722

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: COVID ops Region­al co-ops Decar­bon­ising trans­port Cul­tur­al her­it­age tour­ism Eco- & nature-based tour­ism Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Import­ant “GT” news first: […]

Read More Good news in tourism July 5 – 11, 2020

Good news in tourism Jun 28 to Jul 4, 2020

July 5, 2020

Map, car key, compass, and camera ... And go! Image (CC0) via libreshot. https://libreshot.com/travel-map-car-key-compass-and-camera/

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: To sup­port tourism’s recov­ery … Wild­life & eco­tour­ism Cul­tur­al her­it­age Towards car­­bon-neut­ral travel Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! “GT” news first (scroll […]

Read More Good news in tourism Jun 28 to Jul 4, 2020

Good news in tourism June 21 – 27, 2020

June 28, 2020

On the road to Mt Cook, New Zealand. By Bernard Spragg (CC0 1.0) via Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_to_Mount_Cook._NZ_(15143746653).jpg

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: Car­­bon-neut­ral avi­ation Car­­bon-neut­ral ship­ping Com­munity focus Wild­life & eco­tour­ism Arts, crafts, & cul­tur­al her­it­age Tour­ism infra­struc­ture Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! […]

Read More Good news in tourism June 21 – 27, 2020

Keeping elephants healthy under the cloud of COVID-19


Dr Wachiraporn Toonrongchang and team at at a private camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Image supplied by Dr Nissa Mututanont of the GTAEF Foundation.

News from the field — from the Ele­phant Health­care Emer­gency Life­line Fund in Chi­ang Mai, Thai­l­and — by Hol­lis Bur­b­ank-Ham­­marlund of Work for Wild Life Inter­na­tion­al. What’s the say­ing? An ounce of pre­ven­tion is worth a pound of cure? For Thailand’s tour­ism ele­phants con­fined to lock-down mode — along with the facil­it­ies and people who care for them — the need for routine and […]

Read More Keeping elephants healthy under the cloud of COVID-19

Good news in tourism June 14 – 20, 2020

June 21, 2020

Mother and baby mountain gorillas, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Source: Wikimedia / Carine06

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: Com­munity Parks Wild­life Avi­ation Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Import­ant “GT” news first: On Thursday your cor­res­pond­ent ques­tioned wheth­er or not the […]

Read More Good news in tourism June 14 – 20, 2020

Good news in tourism June 7 – 13, 2020

June 14, 2020

Just hanging around at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Malaysia. By Rob and Stephanie Levy (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. "GT" cropped it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/59773274@N00/2214312234

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: Reopen­ings Mar­kets & mes­sages Eco­tour­ism & the great out­doors Avi­ation Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Reopen­ings Jamaica will reopen its bor­ders to international […]

Read More Good news in tourism June 7 – 13, 2020