“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.

Most elephant tourism activities are “not bad” in moderation: Experts

February 28, 2019

ACEWG appears to be tackling the valid concerns around elephant tourism head-on. Image: ACEWG

If there was a defin­it­ive point to come out of the ses­sion on ele­phant tour­ism at the 2019 Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC) Asia-Pacific Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Con­fer­ence today in Chi­ang Mai, it would be that there are no defin­it­ive points. Exactly what con­sti­tutes appro­pri­ate, prag­mat­ic stand­ards for ele­phant wel­fare is yet to be determ­ined. Given […]

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Thailand Tourism Minister Weerasak props up GSTC conference opening

February 28, 2019

Thailand Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat

HE Weer­a­sak Kowsur­at, Thail­and’s Min­is­ter of Tour­ism and Sport brought props to his open­ing speech for the 2019 Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC) Asia-Pacific Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Con­fer­ence today in Chi­ang Mai. Des­pite micro­phone issues break­ing his flow, Mr Weer­a­sak used the props to make his point. He brought to the podi­um a bag made from fishing […]

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Leveraging your travel budget: A socially-responsible Siem Reap itinerary

August 29, 2018

If you are looking to visit the temples or interested in more rural tourism in Cambodia, consider a tour with Lavender Jeep Siem Reap

Siem Reap, Cam­bod­ia is an ever-grow­ing travel des­tin­a­tion. After years of gen­o­cide fol­lowed by 20 years of instabil­ity and civil war, the coun­try has sta­bil­ized and has become a darling of the ASEAN region, with a fast-grow­ing eco­nomy, bet­ter infra­struc­ture, and an over­all improve­ment in the human devel­op­ment index and qual­ity of life. The tour­ism economy […]

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New conservation-led ecotourism project showcases sustainability in the Mergui

July 26, 2018

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A con­­ser­­va­­tion-led eco­tour­ism pro­ject in the remote Mer­gui archipelago aims to show that hab­it­at pro­tec­tion and small-scale sens­it­ive tour­ism is the way for­ward for the islands off the coast of Myan­mar and Thai­l­and. Words and pic­tures by Keith Lyons. The Wa Ale Island Resort, set to open later this year (2018), is loc­ated on a […]

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UK Aid encourages inclusive tourism in Myanmar

June 20, 2018

Inclusive tourism in Myanmar

The UK Aid-fun­­ded Busi­ness Innov­a­tion Facil­ity (BIF) pro­ject has released a high-qual­ity video about inclus­ive tour­ism in Myan­mar. The pro­ject has been work­ing with Myan­mar’s private sec­tor to intro­duce and encour­age take-up of the concept of inclus­ive tour­ism. For the past four years long time Asia Pacific sus­tain­able tour­ism advoc­ate, Steve Noakes, has been senior […]

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China pledges another three years of ‘toilet revolution’ to boost tourism

November 20, 2017

China pledges another three years of 'toilet revolution' to boost tourism

China announced on Sunday plans to build and upgrade 64,000 pub­lic toi­lets between 2018 to 2020 as part of its “toi­let revolu­tion” aimed at boost­ing tour­ism and lift­ing the sec­tor’s con­tri­bu­tion to eco­nom­ic growth. China has been keen to devel­op and expand ser­vices indus­tries to move away from debt-fueled and invest­­ment-driv­en growth, while off­set­ing the […]

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