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


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new Tourism and Climate Change
new Food, Health and Building Communities
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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 Delhi
g Hong Kong
g Jakarta
g Kerala
g Vientiane

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g Asia
g Kerala Conference
g Responsible Tourism
GUIDELINES

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g Strategies for using Web 2.0
g Web 1, 2, 3 Forum
g Indispensable Tools

FLICKR

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

WIKI

g Kerala Conference
g Thailand
ONLINE WIKI

BALI

b Bali - Flickr
b Bali - Wikipedia

BANGLADESH

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

BORNEO

b Borneo - Wikipedia

CHINA

g China
g Beijing
g Hong Kong
b China's Tropical Treasures - Adam Worcester/Transitions Abroad
b Destination China - Lonely Planet
b Ecotourism in China - John Studley
b Maps of China
b 1421: The Year China Discovered the World

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

b Japan Times
b Kansai Time Out

KAZAKHSTAN

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

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 Voices for Burma
b Myanmar - Wikipedia
b Myanmar - Lonely Planet

NEPAL

g Kathmandu
b Destination Nepal - Lonely Planet
b Volunteering in Nepal - Transitions Abroad
b Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
b Nepal - Wikipedia

PAKISTAN

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

PHILIPPINES

b Pandan
b Wow Philippines

SINGAPORE

b Singapore Travel Guide
b Singapore - Wikipedia

SRI LANKA

b Destination Sri Lanka - Lonely Planet
b Sri Lanka - Google News
b Sri Lanka - Wikipedia
b Kandy - Wikipedia

TAIWAN

b Traveling with a Conscience - Taiwan Review
b Taiwan - Wikipedia

THAILAND

b Network for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Tourism
b Khao San Road
b Tourism Authority of Thailand
b Thailand for Visitors
b Thailand - Lonely Planet
b Chaing Mai Citylife
b Tiger Temple - Christine Dell'Amore/Flickr

TIBET

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

TURKEY

b Turkey Travel Planner
b Turkey Travel Forum
b Turkey - Wikipedia
b Istanbul - Wikipedia
b Istanbul - They Might be Giants/YouTube

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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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 Newsgoogled


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