“Good Tourism” Events

Inform­a­tion about, and cov­er­age of, travel & tour­ism industry events that The “Good Tour­ism” Blog attends in per­son or oth­er­wise sup­ports. Sponsored posts are very welcome.

YAANA Ventures’ walkathon to support eight Asian charities

January 20, 2026

YAANA Ventures’ walkathon to support eight Asian charities. A Gemini-generated image incorporating a pic of the walkers supplied by Yaana Ventures.

Diver­si­fied sus­tain­able travel group YAANA Ven­tures will hold sim­ul­tan­eous walk­a­thons in 10 Asi­an des­tin­a­tions to boost eight loc­al charities.

The walk­a­thons will take place on Feb­ru­ary 1, 2026, in Nonthaburi and Khao Sok in Thai­l­and; Kandy, Sri Lanka; Sanur, Bali, Indone­sia; Vien­tiane, Laos; Yan­gon, Myan­mar; Cebu, the Phil­ip­pines; Ho Chi Minh City, Viet­nam; and Koh Kong and Phnom Penh in Cambodia.

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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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To advance Climate Friendly Travel, sign up for the Strong Earth Youth Summit 2025

and March 24, 2025

Strong Earth Youth Summit 2025

We would like to invite you to join us at the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) 2025. The free online event will take place April 29 at 1400 – 1530 CEST (1300 – 1430 GMT/UTC). » Please Register Here « SEYS will high­light the need for a clean and green future for tour­ism. It will pro­file Cli­mate Friendly Travel: […]

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PATA Travel Mart 2024 underway with Asia Pacific arrivals forecasts positive

August 28, 2024

PATA Travel Mart 2024 underway with Asia Pacific arrivals forecasts positive

The Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation (PATA) Travel Mart 2024 gets under­way this morn­ing with some 266 sellers rep­res­ent­ing 168 organ­isa­tions from 24 des­tin­a­tions hop­ing to estab­lish and strengthen rela­tion­ships with 191 buy­ers from 173 organ­isa­tions from 21 source mar­kets. Con­nec­tion Attend­ance at B2B travel trade events like PATA Travel Mart con­tin­ues to be essen­tial. At […]

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Five key challenges for the travel & tourism industry: PATA Chair

August 27, 2024
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Five key challenges for the travel & tourism industry: PATA Chair Peter Semone who was joined by PATA CEO Noor Ahmad Hamid at the media briefing at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2024, August 27

Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation (PATA) Chair Peter Semone iden­ti­fied five key chal­lenges for the travel & tour­ism industry dur­ing a media brief­ing on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2024: Crises of all sorts “There will be more crises,’ Mr Semone said. “Health crises, nat­ur­al dis­asters, and polit­ic­al unrest. They all affect tour­ism.  “Remem­ber, tour­ism is […]

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Tourism climate action now for small island developing states: SUNx Malta

May 29, 2024

Tourism climate action now for small island developing states: SUNx Malta. Antigua port image by neufal54 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/caribbean-antigua-port-ship-sea-2585115/

The cli­mate crisis is most chal­len­ging and imme­di­ate for small island devel­op­ing states, which have con­trib­uted the least to the prob­lem but are the most exposed to its con­sequences.  This is accord­ing to Geof­frey Lip­man, Pres­id­ent of SUNx Malta, who key­noted a ses­sion on cli­mate change and tour­ism at the United Nations’ Small Island Devel­op­ing States […]

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