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Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
- Wilderness Notebook

2009 Ecotourism Spotlight Award

PHOTO GALLERY: Spotlight Award


YOUR TURN

SURVEY SAYS - Asia Travel Survey asks where you are heading. Details...

HERE COMES EVERYBODY - The Travel Definitions Survey asks readers to rate the definitions. Are you seeking or avoiding trips touted as geotourism, ecotourism and adventure travel? Details ...

OPERATORS -- If you run an eco-friendly, people-friendly, place-friendly travel service that should be featured in the World Travel Directory, here is our criteria. Premium coverage includes a directory listing and a link to your site from the regional guide. There is a small fee. Application

PHOTOGRAPHERS - Do you have photos of ecotourism and responsible travel in practice? Add them to the Ecotourism Asia Group on Flickr.


Our guide to China, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mayanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey and other countries.


HEADLINES

new Ecotourism Laos Wins 2008 Ecotourism Spotlight Award
new Choosing where to go
new Asia - Transitions Abroad
new Tourism and Climate Change
new Food, Health and Building Communities
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b Hands Up Holidays
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INDIGENOUS TOURISM

The votes have been tabulated for the Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award!

This is a collaborative effort between Planeta.com and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Check out the 15 nominees, each offering unique tours. They're all winners! Details ...

Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award
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FEATURES

g International Conference Focuses on Responsible Tourism
g Perceptions of the Mekong Sub-Region - Joe Cummings
g Ecotourism Laos Wins 2007 Ecotourism Spotlight Award

PLACES

g Bangkok
g Beijing
g Hong Kong
g Jakarta
g Kerala
g New Delhi
g Tokyo
g Vientiane

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g Responsible Tourism
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g Web 1, 2, 3 Forum
g Indispensable Tools

FLICKR

g Asia
g India
b Development and Tourism in India
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI

g Asia
g China
g Kerala Conference
g Thailand
ONLINE WIKI

BALI

b Bali Nusa Dua
b Bali - Wikipedia
b Bali - Flickr

BANGLADESH

b Destination Bangladesh: Environment - Lonely Planet
b Bangladesh Environment Network

BHUTAN

b Bhutan - Wikipedia

BORNEO

b Borneo - Wikipedia

CAMBODIA

b National Ecotourism Policy Responding to Climate Change

CHINA

g China
g China - Planeta Wikispace
g Beijing
g Hong Kong

INDIA

g India
g Calcutta
g Dehli
g Kerala

INDONESIA

g Jakarta
b Inside Indonesia
b Bali Tourism Website
b Bali Tourism Portal
b Indonesia Tourism
b Indonesia - Guardian
b Indonesia Images - Flickr
b Indonesia - Wikitravel

JAPAN

g Japan
g Tokyo

KAZAKHSTAN

b Kazakhstan - Lonely Planet
b Kazakhstan - Newsgoogle
b What Borat gets right and wrong about Kazakhstan - Slate

KOREA (NORTH)

g North Korea

KOREA (SOUTH)

g South Korea

KYRGYZSTAN

b Kyrgyzstan Embassy
b Kyrgyzstan - Lonely Planet

LAOS

g Vientiane
b Ecotourism Laos
b Laos - Newsgoogled
b Bill Tuffin: ECOCLUB Interview
b The fate of Lao ecotourism - Thorn Tree
b Eco-tourism in Laos - Gadling

MALAYSIA

b Malaysia - Flickr
b Malaysia - Wikitravel

MONGOLIA

b Mongolia Travel
b Mongolia Guide

MYANMAR (BURMA)

b Broadcasting Burma: The Rise of Rangoon's Citizen Journalists - Bankkok Parlour
b How to Visit Burma - Shaughn McArthur/Transitions Abroad
b Irrawaddy
b Voices for Burma
b Myanmar - Wikipedia
b Myanmar - Lonely Planet

NEPAL

g Nepal
g Kathmandu

PAKISTAN

b Ecotourism Society Pakistan
b Ministry of Tourism
b Pakistan Tourism Development
b Pakistan - Wikipedia

PHILIPPINES

g Philippines Wiki
b Pandan
b Wow Philippines

SINGAPORE

g Singapore Wiki
b Singapore Travel Guide
b Singapore - Wikipedia
b Singapore Recreation - Flickr

SRI LANKA

g Sri Lanka Wiki

TAIWAN

g Taiwan Wiki
b Traveling with a Conscience - Taiwan Review
b Taiwan - Wikipedia
b Taipei - Wikipedia

THAILAND

g Thailand

TIBET

b Destination Tibet - Lonely Planet
b Tibet Online Resource Gathering
b Travel in Tibet - Tibet Online
b Tibet - Ecoclub

TURKEY

g Turkey

VIETNAM

b Saigon - Wikipedia

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

b Asia for Visitors
b Asia Tourism Research
b Lonely Planet - Asia
b Tales of Asia
b ThingsAsian
b Wild Asia


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RECOMMENDED READING

g Featured Titles: Tourism, Culture and Development | Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel | World as Lover, World as Self
g Bibliographies: World | Ecotourism | Environment
g New Titles | Top Shelf
g News: Headlines | Asia News | Newsgoogled


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IMPROVING OUR COVERAGE

To improve our Asia guide, we ask the following questions:

What are recommended information sources for visitors?
Are there maps of protected areas?
What current work deserves kudos?

Editorial suggestions are welcome.


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