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Trade of coastal sand is damaging wildlife of poorer nations, study finds
The secretive trade of coastal sand to wealthy countries such as China is seriously damaging the wildlife of poorer nations whose resources are being plundered, according to a new study. Sand and gravel are the most extracted groups of materials worldwide after water, with sand used in ...
A caravan of friendship
The Myanmar-Thailand cross-border car rally promotes overland tourism on the Yangon-Dawei-Kanchanaburi-Tak route. Travelling in a four-wheel-drive on a 2,700km route from Myanmar’s old capital of Yangon through Thailand via the Dawei-Kanchanaburi border sounds tough for many. Keep reading ...
Crossovers without borders
While more and more foreigners enter Myanmar with their own vehicles, be they cars, motorcycles or bicycles, few Myanmar travellers can visit neighbouring countries in their own vehicles. However, things are about to change. Keep reading ...
MIST supports 10 travel companies
The Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) will support 10 innovative travel and hospitality companies in 2018. The programme, launched in 2016, is supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Australian Government and the six-government Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office. Keep reading ...
MTCO heading for legal status
As 475 delegates gathered, last week, at the Mekong Tourism Forum its leaders – members of the Greater Mekong Sub-region group – were pondering over the ticklish issue of the office’s legal status. Keep reading ...
Airbnb Shares Statistics from Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
At last week’s Mekong Tourism Forum 2018 in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, Mich Goh, Airbnb’s Head of Public Policy for Southeast Asia, said that Airbnb had welcomed 5 million inbound guest arrivals to the Greater Mekong Subregion ( Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam) in ...
Mekong Tourism Forum 2018 transforming travel
This year’s Mekong Tourism Forum was held on the banks of the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom in NE Thailand which borders with Laos and just 200 kms from Vietnam. The six-nation grouping is coordinated by the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) which is administered out ...
ADB supports Vietnamese innovative startups for Mekong tourism development
Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST), an initiative supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Government, has announced its support for ten innovative travel and hospitality companies in 2018. Keep reading ...
MIST backs five Mekong ventures
Five international tourism SMEs have qualified for this year’s Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) Market Access Programme 2018. The winner, Adventoro, receives the Market Access prize package and personalised meetings with key local partners and stakeholders. Keep reading ...
MTF: Digress from the digital era for a moment
Today, Mekong Region tourism officials, tour operators and travel writers are heading for the northeast town of Nakhon Phanom for the annual Mekong Tourism Forum. If all goes well when the event opens, Tuesday, delegates will be engrossed with digital matters. They are cool, trendy. Keynotes ...
