“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.

Apply now for EXO Foundation’s 2025 Sustainability Awards


EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards empowering sustainable tourism in Asia

The EXO Found­a­tion is proud to announce the 2025 Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Awards. Our goal is to recog­nise and cel­eb­rate organ­isa­tions and busi­nesses that are lead­ing the way in sus­tain­able tour­ism and envir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion in Asia. Every pro­ject, no mat­ter its size, can con­trib­ute to a more sus­tain­able future for tour­ism. If you believe that your organ­isa­tion has […]

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Khiri Travel unveils new sensory and colonial heritage tours in Southeast Asia


New Sensory and Colonial Heritage Tours Unveiled in Southeast Asia by Khiri Travel

Khiri Travel has launched two major series of tour products ahead of ITB Ber­lin. The first is Asi­an city day tours that indulge all five senses. The second is a series of multi-day travel exper­i­ences where guests vis­it or stay in charm­ing colo­ni­al man­sions and hotels from the era of 19th cen­tury European explorers in Asia. […]

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Reclaim the riverside! EXO award winner creates family-friendly green spaces in Hanoi


Reclaim the riverside! EXO award winner creates family-friendly green spaces in Hanoi

Think Play­grounds (TPG) is pro­tect­ing the unique biod­iversity of the Red River through the cre­ation of inclus­ive meet­ing places on the edge of deprived neigh­bour­hoods in Hanoi, Viet­nam.  TPG is an EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Award win­ner. This post is based on a longer art­icle (PDF) writ­ten by former TPG intern Lucija Wićaz.  A grow­ing need […]

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Heartfelt thanks to Amazing Thailand, TAT, and guests, from the Anurak Lodge family


Anurak Community Lodge thanks Amazing Thailand for responsible tourism award

As repor­ted here, Anurak Com­munity Lodge in south­ern Thai­l­and won the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and 2024 Respons­ible Tour­ism Award in the “Respons­ible Tour­ism Accom­mod­a­tion” cat­egory. We are at once proud and humbled. Deep­est grat­it­ude The entire Anurak Lodge fam­ily extend our deep­est grat­it­ude to the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and (TAT) for the esteemed “Best Responsible […]

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Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia adds three premium river view tents


New river view tent at Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp’s new accom­mod­a­tions offer serene river views and an intim­ate wild­life exper­i­ence in Cambodia’s largest nation­al park, where “your stay keeps the forest stand­ing”. ‘Unpar­alleled con­nec­tion to nature’ Car­damom Ten­ted Camp, set with­in the pristine wil­der­ness of Cambodia’s Botum Sakor Nation­al Park, has enhanced its eco-con­­s­cious accom­mod­a­tion offer­ing with the addi­tion of three […]

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Anurak Community Lodge wins Amazing Thailand responsible tourism award

November 6, 2024
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Anurak Community Lodge in southern Thailand has won the Tourism Authority of Thailand 2024 Responsible Tourism Award in the “Responsible Tourism Accommodation” category. Willem Niemeijer, Anurak co-founder and CEO of Anurak owner-operator YAANA Ventures, received the award from Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Sorawong Thienthong, at World Travel Market in London, November 5.

Anurak Com­munity Lodge in south­ern Thai­l­and has won the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and 2024 Respons­ible Tour­ism Award in the “Respons­ible Tour­ism Accom­mod­a­tion” cat­egory. Willem Niemeijer, Anurak co-founder and CEO of Anurak own­er-oper­­at­or YAANA Ven­tures, received the award from Thail­and’s Min­is­ter of Tour­ism and Sports, Sor­a­wong Thi­enthong, at World Travel Mar­ket in Lon­don, Novem­ber 5. ‘Hol­ist­ic approach’ […]

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