“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.

In India, where tigers are neighbours

May 13, 2017

“Not long ago, the Chenchus were caught in the crossfire between Maoists and the anti-Naxal force of the Andhra Pradesh police. The recent National Tiger Conservation Authority order puts them into yet another uncertain phase.” | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

While inaug­ur­at­ing the Nal­lamala Jungle Camp, a com­munity-based eco­tour­ism ini­ti­at­ive, Deputy Chief Min­is­ter K E Krish­namurthy of Andhra Pra­desh state in India hailed the Chen­chu people for pre­serving their cul­ture and iden­tity. This feel-good start to a May 11 news story by The Hans India gets bet­ter; Chen­chu mem­bers will teach vis­it­ors to Nal­lamala Jungle […]

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Inclusive ecotourism projects piloted in Uttarakhand, India

May 11, 2017

Migratory birds at Asan Conservation Reserve, which will be covered in India’s Swadesh Darshan scheme. (HT Photo)

The newly-con­­sti­­tuted Uttarakhand Eco­tour­ism Cor­por­a­tion will soon start work on devel­op­ing five inclus­ive eco­tour­ism cir­cuits in the Indi­an state, accord­ing to reports. This is the first step toward Swadesh Dar­shan, a cent­ral gov­ern­ment scheme to boost tour­ism through­out the coun­try by link­ing the sec­tor with vil­la­gers’ live­li­hoods. In the first stage the five cir­cuits would […]

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Philippines’ real estate should back sustainable tourism: Teo

May 8, 2017

Philippines Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon T Teo

Prop­erty developers and realtors should become advoc­ates of a sus­tain­able, inclus­ive and cli­mate-resi­li­ent tour­ism industry, accord­ing to Phil­ip­pines Tour­ism Sec­ret­ary Wanda Corazon T Teo speak­ing at a real estate industry awards event in Makati last week. The United Nations World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO) defines sus­tain­able tour­ism as “tour­ism that takes full account of its cur­rent and future […]

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