2011 Archive

December

• Myanmar Holds GMS Sustainable Tourism Symposium
• Successful PATA China Responsible Tourism Forum Goes Annual
• GMS Endorses New 10-Year Strategic Framework
• Lao Travel Agents Urged to Attract Asians
• GMS ST-EPs Up in Seoul
• ADB Ponders STDP for Myanmar
• UNESCO Recognizes Vietnam’s Xoan Singing
• Clouds Threaten Clear Skies over Vientiane’s Hotels
• CLV Trade Event Held in Laos. Single Visa Discussed
• Government Gears Up for “Visit Laos Year2012″
• Myanmar Begins to Blossom
• A Minor Diversion: Hill Tribe Trekking In Chiang Mai
• HCMC May Open Walking Streets

November

• Economist: Cambodian Tourism Needs to Do More
• Tiger Trail Launches “100 Waterfalls” Trek in Laos
• UNWTO Trumpets Transparency
• 97% of tourist attractions safe from floods
• Myanmar Sets Up Tourism Promotion Committee/Readies Travel Fair
• Consumers Want Responsible Tours/Shrug at Carbon Footprints
• Hue Imperial Citadel to Get USD61 Million Facelift
• Writing Down Myanmar’s Chindwin River
• Chiang Rai Forms PATA Chapter
• A Buddhist Tour with a Twist
• Follow the Mekong Responsibly
• Will Responsible Tourism Float in Myanmar?

September/October

• Spice Roads Launches Mekong Cycling Tour
• Myanmar Marketing Board Ready to Roll
• UNWTO Holds Congress on Ethics and Tourism
• ITE Spotlights Four Mekong Countries
• Lao Tourism Reaches “Moment of Truth”
• Leading Fair Trade Campaigner to Open WTM World Responsible Tourism Day 2011
• Ethical Writer Leo Hickman Takes WTM’s “HOTseat”
• British Tourists Will Pay More for Responsible Tourism
• Laos, Vietnam to Cooperate on Tourism and Culture
• 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards Honors Three Thai Sites
• UNWTO/SNV Partner to Provide Tourism Management Skills in Cambodia and Vietnam

August

• E-guide to Mekong Responsible Tourism
• Myanmar Holds First National Ecotourism Workshop
• PATA Gets Smarter Business Model
• How Do Host Communities Feel about Tourism
• Cambodia Chapter Officers Elected
• Vietnam Heritage Tourism Has Room for Growth
• Hoi An Building Terracotta Cultural Park
• Pigs Answer the Call to Assist Thailand’s Chang Island into Going Low Carbon
• Thailand Goes Green in Samut Songkhram
• Central Vietnam Touts Green Tourism
• Thailand Talks Green
• Advocates Win Battle over Koh Kong River Dredging
• EU Grants EUR11 Million for Vietnamese Tourism Project
• Champasak-HCMC Cooperation Bears Fruit
• Laos’ New Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Assumes Office
• Cambodia’s Baphoun Temple Restored
• Construction Starts on Tonle Bassac River Bridge
• Planned Cambodia-Vietnam Rail to Cost USD686 Million
• Lao Airlines Expands Regional Network
• Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam Pledge to Further Boost Tourism
• GMS Tourism Execs Attend Sustainable Ecotourism Workshop
• International Responsible Tourism Conference Held in Canada
• Pu Mat National Park Named UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve
• ASEAN Aims to Standardize Tourism Curriculum
• Kaye Chon to Keynote 4th LANITH Symposium
• World Ecotourism Conferences Heads to Cambodia
• Wanted: Responsible Tourism Tales for ITB Asia
• Fourth Sustainable Tourism Masterclass Slated for September
• Visit Laos Year 2012 Plans Countdown

June/July

• MTCO Stalwart Passes Away
• Empowering Women through Tourism
• GMS Tourism Targets USD52 Billion by 2015
• Exotissimo Delves Deeper into the Mekong
• Air France to Add Two Paris-HCMC Flights
• France, Vietnam Tighten Tourism Ties
• UN Conference Focuses on Alleviating Poverty through Tourism
• TTM Plus 2011 to Highlight the Greater Mekong Sub-region
• Vietnamese Wooden Blocks Seek “Memory of the World” Status
• Myanmar Lacks Tourism Facilities, Says Official
• Proposed Ban on Hanoi’s Cyclos Sparks Controversy
• ASEAN Visa Exemption Costs Cambodia
• Cambodia Central Market Reopens after Makeover
• Planning and Control Critical to GMS Growth Says Horwath Chairman
• Lanith Chief Emphasizes Tri-Party Social Enterprises at MTF
• MTF Urges Tourism Growth Management in “Making of a Star”
• Cambodia’s Coast Receives “Beautiful Bays” Status as Arrivals Soar”

April/May

• ‘New Media Boot Camp’ to Boost Mekong Destinations
• GMS Takes Center Stage at Two Major European Tourism Conferences
• Celebrity Chef Bobby Chinn to Cook Up a Storm at Mekong Tourism Forum
• Ecotourism Faces Challenges on Koh Kong
• Will Tourists Pour in for Vietnamese Downpours?
• Lanith’s 2nd Quarterly Symposium Spotlights Social Networking
• Hotel de la Paix Sews Skills in Seam Reap
• Thai Nguyen Tourism Conference Stresses HRD
• Danang Opens First Private Museum
• THE GREEN CORNER
• Mekong Dam Triggers Multi-Country Controversy
• Vietnam Cracks Down on Illegal Bear Tours
• CONNECTING THE GMS
• Central Vietnam to Open More Border Gates with Laos
• Third Mekong Bridge Nears Completion
• Air France Returns to Cambodia after 37 Years
• SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Take the Cambo Challenge
• Skal Opens Applications for “Sustainable Development Tourism Awards”
• Tourism for Tomorrow: Destination Stewardship Shortlist Unveiled
• HCMC to Host Mekong Show
• Vietnam to Host UNESCO Event

March

• Mekong Tourism Forum 2011 to Showcase Emerging Destinations
• Call for Responsible Travel Writers
• Regional Leaders Agree on SEC Growth Potential
• Myanmar Joins CBT Workshop in Thailand
• The Green Corner
• Cambodia Holds TrainForTrade Seminar
• Vientiane Seeks Investors for Mekong Island “Green Resorts”
• Connecting the GMS
• Laos Launches Tourism Marketing Board
• Lanith and Lao Airlines Launch “Passport to Success”
• Special Announcements

January/February

• GMS NTOs & GMS Ministers’ Meetings Yield Results in Phnom Penh
• Record Crowds Turn Out For 30th ASEAN Tourism Forum
• 30th ASEAN Tourism Forum Wrap-up
• GMS Workshop on Community Based Tourism in Thailand
• GMS Countries Promote Regional Tourism Initiative
• The Green Corner
• Sayabouli Now Online
• Explorers Discover Spectacular Caves in Vietnam
• Thailand Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status for Kaeng Krachan Forest
• EU to Provide 11 Million Euros for Environment and Society Responsible Tourism in Vietnam
• Connecting the GMS
• Special Announcements