Guangxi Province, China Profile
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Yunnan Province, China Profile
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Inspiration
The Guide
This “Responsible Tourism Guide to the Mekong ” website is inspired by ‘The Guide to Responsible Tourism in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam’, a publication of the Mekong Tourism Development Project (MTDP).
The Guide was funded by the Ministry of Tourism Cambodia, the Lao National Tourism Administration and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism with loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as part of a MTDP initiative to support sub-regional cooperation for sustainable tourism. The Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) is
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Laos Banks on Tourism – PlanningResource (subscription)
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Laos Banks on Tourism
PlanningResource (subscription), UK SNV team leader for sustainable tourism Tony Donovan says the focus is on development that enhances the lives of local people. "There have been a lot of successful tourism development initiatives in the Mekong region as well as some less successful … |
Consumer Site to Focus on Mekong Responsible Tourism – e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
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Consumer Site to Focus on Mekong Responsible Tourism
e-Travel Blackboard (press release), Australia In order to expand the potential readership of the book and the geographical coverage of its valuable content, the 'Mekong Responsible Tourism Guide' website will be developed for the MTCO by the United States Agency for International Development … |
Push for bolder steps to benefit from eco-tourism – Business Daily Africa
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Push for bolder steps to benefit from eco-tourism
Business Daily Africa, Kenya In the Mekong River Delta in northeast Cambodia, a ST-EP project brings visitors to view the endangered freshwater dolphin. Tourists stay in local villages, eat local produce, buy local crafts and are taken to the dolphins by former fisherfolk. … |
Thailand Country Profile
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Myanmar Country Profile
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Vietnam’s launches year of Cultural Diplomacy – Cultural Diplomacy News
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Vietnam's launches year of Cultural Diplomacy
Cultural Diplomacy News, Germany … a cultural agreement with Egypt, a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) on a project for sustainable tourism development in the Mekong River Region with the ADB (the Asian Development Bank), a cooperation agreement on bilateral tourism with Venezuela … |
About the Authors
All content pages and posts that are based on the original content of the ‘The Guide to Responsible Tourism in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam’ are tagged “bookcontent”. They were prepared by the book’s authors Guy Marris, Nick Ray, and Bernie Rosenbloom, and Editor Ken Scott.
Guy Marris
Laos author, Guy Marris, from New Zealand, arrived in Laos in 1997 with New Zealand Volunteer Service Abroad to work in Xe Piane National Protected Area. He has spent the last 10 years in Southeast
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