Tag: Sustainable Tourism

If 2017 was the year that overtourism was recognised as a major challenge for the global travel and tourism industry, then 2018 is the...

Hot on the heels of Koh Samet's plastic clampdown, Phuket will become the next tourist destination in Thailand to tackle plastic pollution with a...

Island destinations in Asia-Pacific are taking action to curtail the environmental toll that tourism brings. On Thailand's popular tourist island of Koh Samet, a campaign...

The Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) is calling for public nominations for responsible and sustainable travel experiences in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) as...

At the inaugural Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST), hotels and tourism groups pledged to establish a model for the sustainable...

Serving as South-east Asia’s most iconic waterway, the Mekong River is the lifeblood 
of the countries it flows through. However, fears are being raised that the 
rampant construction of dams will take a toll on the environment 
and tourism, writes Marissa Carruthers.

The PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2019 (ATRTCM 2019) will be held in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India from February 13-15. The three-day...

The Travel Corporation (TTC) is now a sponsor of PATA's BUFFET (Building an Understanding for Food Excess in Tourism) campaign, launched in January to...

The Phuket Hotels Association will inaugurate a new annual forum to support the South-east Asian hospitality industry in its fight for a sustainable future. Co-organised...

UNWTO has launched an online platform to better engage the tourism sector in the advancement towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the...