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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What’s the point of UN Tourism?

January 20, 2026

What's the point of UN Tourism?

What’s the point of UN Tourism?

Thanks to the four good people who respon­ded to this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

* Geof­frey Lip­man, Cre­at­ive Dis­rup­tion Archi­tect, Malta
* Dav­id Beir­man, Adjunct Fel­low, Australia
* Richard Shep­ard, Trustee/CEO, England
* Richard But­ler, Emer­it­us Pro­fess­or, Scotland

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News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 18, 2026

January 18, 2026

Travel & tourism news wrap Week ending Jan 11, 2026

The nar­rat­ive of “green travel” has often relied on the prom­ise of addi­tion: more effi­cient planes, more sus­tain­able fuels, more trees planted. But this week, the con­ver­sa­tion shif­ted to sub­trac­tion; the remov­al of busi­ness class.

But as space tour­ism gears up, are we head­ing for a future in which the masses are squeezed into eco­nomy to save the plan­et, while the ultra-elite plan to leave it?

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News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 11, 2026

January 11, 2026

Travel & tourism news wrap from the week ending Jan 11, 2026. A Gemini-generated image.

If 2025 was the year of the ‘rebound’, 2026 is shap­ing up to be the year of the ‘reck­on­ing’. As head­lines declare this the ‘Year of Tour­ism’ driv­en by mega-events and busi­ness travel, the oper­a­tion­al real­ity on the ground is far more complex.

From Hawaii’s legis­lat­ive stut­ter-steps on cli­mate taxes to the stark warn­ing for snorkel­ers in Bali, the fric­tion between growth and gov­ernance is intensifying. 

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Imagining peace: How travel writing bridges divides between Israel and the UAE

and January 10, 2026

Imagining peace: How travel writing bridges divides between Israel and the UAE.

Fol­low­ing the 2020 Abra­ham Accords, the United Arab Emir­ates (UAE) trans­formed from a dis­tant adversary to a pop­u­lar hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion for Israelis. 

Dr Irit Shmuel and Prof Paolo Mura ana­lyse how travel nar­rat­ives are help­ing to bridge the cul­tur­al divide between the two places.

It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.

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Khiri Travel achieves GSTC certification across eight Asian destinations

January 6, 2026

Khiri Travel achieves GSTC certification across eight Asian destinations

Khiri Travel, the South­east Asia-based des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment com­pany, has earned cer­ti­fic­a­tion as a sus­tain­able tour oper­at­or by the Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC).

Eight coun­tries
Rig­or­ous audit process
Staff cer­ti­fic­a­tion and awards
About Khiri Travel

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