This site, the ‘Responsible Tourism Guide to the Mekong’ at ExploreMekong.org/responsible has won the 2009 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award in the website category.
This year’s PATA Gold Awards program attracted 236 entries from 120 organisations worldwide. Each PATA Gold Award is judged by a panel of industry experts.
“This Award sends a message of support, encouragement, and inspiration to responsible tourism operators in the Mekong,” said Mekong Tourism Executive Director Mason Florence. “They now have an opportunity to be featured
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[Update: Ecotourism Laos garnered the highest popular vote and won the 2009 Ecotourism Spotlight Award. Congratulations Laos! The landlocked nation is part of the Greater Mekong Subregion and is a leader in global responsible tourism, particularly ecotourism.]
Voting is open for the 2009 Ecotourism Spotlight Award. Government websites that educate visitors about ecotourism and responsible travel options are eligible. Vote ‘Mekong’ now.
Nominees include the ‘Responsible Tourism Guide to the Mekong’ (Mekong Tourism’s PATA Gold Award-winning website), plus websites from Ireland, Laos, and
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Activity: Fully catered accommodation by Gecko Villa
Location: In the countryside outside Udon Thani, Northeast Thailand
Tip: Experience untouched rural Thailand from the heartlands of Isan.
The villages of Isan are rarely visited by tourists and offer a marked contrast to Thailand’s developed mass tourism destinations.
The experience: Gecko Villa offers guests the chance to experience traditional rural life in the rice-farming heartlands of Northeast Thailand, yet in comfort and without the normal language barriers encountered in the area.
Rice field
Guests may participate in traditional activities,
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World of wetlandsThanh Nien DailyU Minh Thuong National Park is among the most precious flooded forests of Southeast Asia and is a “green lung” of the Mekong Delta. …
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