“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places in Asia

“GT” des­tin­a­tions in Asia, includ­ing the Middle East, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

“Good Tourism” Destination Partnership

For “GT” Des­tin­a­tion Part­ner­ship or sponsored con­tent about your spe­cial place, please click here for more inform­a­tion.

How to implement sustainable food systems in Southeast Asian hospitality

January 23, 2024

How to implement sustainable food systems in Southeast Asian hospitality. Spoons students.

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo sum­mar­ises the case stud­ies shared and les­sons learned at a recent event about sus­tain­able food sys­tems organ­ised by the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enter­prises for Train­ing in Hos­pit­al­ity & Cater­ing (ASSET‑H&C). ASSET‑H&C is “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You too can write a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.] Where to start? Food waste, if it were a […]

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Enhancing equitable climate adaptation strategies through responsible tourism


Enhancing equitable climate adaptation strategies through responsible tourism ... Base image by staboslaw via Pixabay

Kev­in Phun of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore hosts the Respons­ible Tour­ism pod­cast, which explores the many dimen­sions of respons­ible tour­ism. Mr Phun sum­mar­ises his thoughts about the chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies around equit­able cli­mate adaptation.

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Discover new carbon-neutral tours in destinations across Thailand at WTM 2023


Are you attending World Travel Market 2023 and looking for fun and inspiring new carbon-neutral tours for your increasingly conscientious and climate-aware customers? Meet the Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA) at World Travel Market 2023

Are you attend­ing World Travel Mar­ket 2023 and look­ing for fun and inspir­ing new car­­bon-neut­ral tours for your increas­ingly con­scien­tious and cli­mate-aware cus­tom­ers? You’re in luck because the Thai Eco­tour­ism and Adven­ture Travel Asso­ci­ation (TEATA) is rolling out 20 new, inspir­ing tours designed to reduce car­bon emis­sions and fully off­set the rest, in loc­al, Thai […]

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Degrowth no response to climate change, say PATA, India as 196 buyers meet 159 sellers in New Delhi

October 5, 2023

Degrowth no response to climate change, say PATA, India as 196 buyers meet 159 sellers in New Delhi

Tourism’s degrowth is not an appro­pri­ate response to cli­mate change accord­ing to both V Vidyavathi, Sec­ret­ary of the Min­istry of Tour­ism, Gov­ern­ment of India, and Peter Semone, Chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation (PATA). In response to your correspondent’s ques­tion at the offi­cial media brief­ing ses­sion at PATA Travel Mart 2023, Ms Vidyavathi said […]

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EXO Foundation’s first Sustainability Awards support transformative tourism projects in Asia


EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards 2923

The EXO Found­a­tion, a non-profit organ­isa­tion sup­port­ing sus­tain­able tour­ism ini­ti­at­ives, held its first Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Awards cere­mony yes­ter­day (Septem­ber 28) on Zoom.  Prizes totalling US$40,000 in value were awar­ded to win­ners and run­­n­ers-up. The goal of the awards was to identi­fy, sup­port and pro­mote exem­plary pro­jects that seek to innov­ate sus­tain­ab­il­ity in Asia.  Alex­an­dra Michat, Chief Pur­pose Officer […]

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Is there a link between tourism’s resilience and adaptability to climate change?


Is there a link between tourism's resilience and adaptability to climate change? Photo by Karim MANJRA (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/Jwk88nuBMr4

Tour­ism des­tin­a­tions and attrac­tions should think about how to increase resi­li­ence so that cli­mate adapt­a­tion has a high­er chance of suc­ceed­ing, accord­ing to Kev­in Phun, founder of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS), a “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner.  “The call to increase resi­li­ence in tour­ism to enable adapt­a­tion in more places is surely get­ting louder,” […]

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