Dear Mekong Tourism stakeholder,
Join us at our first Mekong Trends Seminar on GMS Aviation on Tuesday, October 10th from 4pm - 6pm in Bangkok, hosted in partnership with MTCO and Amadeus. Registration and Information.
It has been a busy couple months already as we commence our weekly e-newsletter.
We were invited in the 1st East West Economic Corridor Meeting and Technical Tour, organised by the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), spoke on the potential of organic agro-tourism at the GMS Agriculture Ministerial Conference in Siem Reap, we participated in the Wildlife Tourism Workshop in Phnom Penh hosted by the Ministry of Tourism Cambodia and WWF, and were invited by Thai Airways International to partake in the launch of the new route connecting Luang Prabang and Bangkok by Thai Smile. We have also continued our educational mandate and have spoken at various universities about tourism development in the Greater Mekong Subregion. We are also very pleased that the 2016-2025 GMS Tourism Sector Strategy has been endorsed at the GMS Ministerial Conference in Ha Noi last month, which is a significant milestone.
As it relates to Mekong Tourism programs, we have re-designed our Mekong Tourism Contributor Program, and invite any passionate tourism experts active in the GMS to register and contribute articles and reports.
We are also gearing up to officially launch initiatives executed within public-private partnership frameworks, including the travel inspirational and capacity building platform Mekong Moments, at ITB Asia in Singapore. Please message us to get invited to our launch activities.
We look forward to hearing from you as always, and hope you enjoy this week's newsletter. And remember: sharing is caring.
Have a great week!
Jens Thraenhart
Executive Director, MTCO
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News & Articles of the Week
News & articles that caught our attention over the past week:
The East West Economic Corridor is one of the 11 multi-country thematic routes highlighted in the 2015-2020 Experience Mekong Tourism Marketing Strategy.. ... Read more about it.
Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri had been chosen as a habitat for tiger re-introduction to Cambodia ... Read more about it.
Thai Airways together with THAI Smile Airways introduced a new direct route from Bangkok to Luang Prabang. ... Read more about it.
The GMS Tourism Sector Strategy 2016-2025 was also endorsed to enable more competitive, balanced, and sustainable destination development. ... Read more about it.
The inaugural Mekong Trends Aviation Seminar will highlight the key insights of the recently published Mekong Trends Snapshot on Air Transport in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). Both the report and the seminar intend to emphasise the importance of aviation in the development of the region’s tourism. ... Read more about it.
The countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have undergone an amazing transformation since 1992, and more changes are on the way. Here are 10 things you might not know about this dynamic subregion. ... Read more about it.
The exotic allure of emerging markets such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos continue to woo event planners, but often the question remains: Can these destinations, especially small towns that have never hosted big events, rise to the challenge? Luang Prabang in Laos not only rose to the occasion this June, but also provided a new model for future events. ... Read more about it.
May Myat Mon Win, Myanmar Tourism Marketing chairwoman, said: “We hope for a speedy and peaceful resolution of the situation in Northern Rakhine. Meanwhile, we would like to assure travellers that Myanmar’s key tourist destinations and cities are safe.”. ... Read more about it.
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Recent Additions to the Mekong Tourism e-Library
Over the last twenty years, air transport in the GMS helped to open up many destinations in the region, such as Siem Reap in Cambodia, Luang Prabang in Lao PDR, Danang in Vietnam, Mandalay in Myanmar or Guilin in Guangxi. ... Download for free.
The Olive Tree is the first and only publication designed to help travel & tourism become a more enthusiastic part of the solution in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. ... Download for free.
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MTCO Seeks e-Library Contributions
In addition to economic reports, statistical analyses, industry studies, and much more, the Mekong Tourism e-Library hosts contributions in the following new categories:
Multi-Country Journeys & Mekong River Cruises
Tour and cruise operators offering multi-destination tours and cruises (defined as tours or cruises that visit more than one Mekong-region country) are welcome to send their eligible itineraries in PDF format. The objective is to develop a resource for those seeking Mekong experiences for their customers (or themselves).
Tourism Development Projects
Economic development agencies (bilateral or multilateral) and non-government organisations (NGOs) are encouraged to send, in PDF format, scopes of work, terms of reference, reports, and case studies pertaining to tourism-related projects in the Mekong region. The objective is to develop a resource for all Mekong tourism stakeholders.
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MTCO Seeks Tourism Experts
Subject matter experts, such as consultants, executives, and industry journalists, who are active in GMS travel & tourism, are eligible to become “Mekong Tourism Experts“. In return for regular (non-exclusive) business-, trade- or policy-related content, Experts will receive a range of profile-enhancing benefits ... View and register.
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MTCO Seeks Travel Storytellers
MTCO welcomes anyone with a passion for storytelling who wishes to share their unique and unusual travel experiences: multi-destination Mekong journeys and experiences linked to social, cultural, or environmental causes. In return for regular content, Storytellers will receive a range of profile-enhancing benefits ... View and register.
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Mekong Tourism is a collaborative effort between Cambodia, China, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand,
and Vietnam to promote the Greater Mekong Subregion as a single tourism destination.
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