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.
An Afghan travel entrepreneur is hoping to inspire a new generation of women by using her agency to help female students secure places at universities in Turkey, Russia and Europe and then break into male-dominated careers. Marjana Sadi (pictured above), 21, set up Banoo Travel Agency in a market in central Kabul nearly a year […]
Read More Afghan travel agent helps women study abroad
The Philippines’ oldest and largest commercial conglomerate, Ayala Corporation, has revealed its interest in inclusive tourism to tap into a tax incentive offered by the Philippines government. On the sidelines of the ASEAN Inclusive Business Summit in Manila yesterday, Ayala Corp Managing Director Paolo Borromeo told Business Mirror that his company would look into inclusive […]
Read More Will a tax incentive boost inclusive tourism in the Philippines?
Over-population may be a word more likely to spring to mind than over-tourism when one thinks of Bangladesh. However, as reported in the Dhaka Tribune, a Bangladesh Department of Environment (DoE) report says unplanned tourism leading to over-tourism, marine pollution, and illegal structures are posing serious threats to the biodiversity of Bangladesh’s only coral island. […]
Read More Over-tourism alarm bells for Bangladesh’s only coral island
Many travel & tourism professionals are coming to believe that orphanage tourism is at best a problematic means to generate income to support children; at worst a form of modern slavery. Slavery!? Modern slavery is widely practiced in the tourism supply chain of developing countries, according to Australian academics Joseph M. Cheer, Kent Goldsworthy, Leigh […]
Read More Is orphanage tourism a form of modern slavery?
An inter-ministerial working group has vowed to expand and improve Cambodia’s community-based ecotourism services, reports Khmer Times. Tourism Minister Thong Khon said there are about 2,000 fishing and forest communities nationwide, but only a few are serving the tourism sector. “Some areas are trying but are not running proper tourism services, while we think there […]
Read More Cambodia vows to expand & improve community-based ecotourism services
Kerala’s Responsible Tourism Mission will be up and running by the end of this month (July 2017). According to a news article in The Times of India, the Indian state’s “ambitious” program aims to generate more employment and income in local communities without harming the environment. Under the Mission, responsible tourism “cells” will be set up […]
Read More Mission cells to power responsible tourism in Kerala