Articles tagged “skift asia weekly”

Coronavirus

Don’t Discount the Resiliency of Asia’s Vital Travel Industry and Its Smaller Players

A greater appreciation of travel and its many segments could be a positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic. But until the storm blows over, many small businesses in the Asian tourism industry are facing survival threats.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Don’t Discount the Resiliency of Asia’s Vital Travel Industry and Its Smaller Players

Tourism

Sri Lanka Tourism Fights Back After Civil War, a Tsunami and Terrorism

It’s too early to tell if Sri Lanka will eventually become a global tourism success, but a new marketing campaign under the government's new tourism-friendly leadership is a start.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Sri Lanka Tourism Fights Back After Civil War, a Tsunami and Terrorism

Tourism

Cannabis Tourism Needs to Get Past Stigma to Grow in Asia

Thailand is in a good position to tap the green rush and forge a path in medical marijuana tourism. Its neighbors are keenly watching its developments, even as the region's pace toward marijuana legalization is still slow.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Cannabis Tourism Needs to Get Past Stigma to Grow in Asia

Tourism

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

With the impacts of climate change already upon us, the tourism sector will soon be forced to take aggressive actions to curb its carbon emissions. Because inaction is increasingly not an option.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

Tourism

Asia Tourism Tackles Climate Change: It Gets Confusing

Many tourism stakeholders in Asia are finally taking steps to tackle the climate change elephant in the room, but confusion over carbon offsetting is preventing the issue from being addressed swiftly and effectively. Meanwhile, the climate clock ticks on.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Asia Tourism Tackles Climate Change: It Gets Confusing

Tourism

Does Myanmar Tourism Deserve Another Chance?

Rather than boycotting travel to Myanmar entirely, a more responsible form of tourism would be to avoid unethical establishments while supporting good practices on the ground.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Does Myanmar Tourism Deserve Another Chance?

Tourism

Why Trust Matters for Asia Tourism as Crisis Deepens

The coronavirus not only exposes the varying political alignments between Asian governments with China, but also their different approaches to crisis communications, all of which would have knock-on impacts on travel confidence to a country.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Why Trust Matters for Asia Tourism as Crisis Deepens

Tourism

Tough Times Offer Asia Tourism Opportunity to Reassess

The coronavirus ban has plunged Asia tourism into a challenging period, but the outlook needs not be bleak if industry players take the opportunity to reduce their reliance on a single market.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Tough Times Offer Asia Tourism Opportunity to Reassess

Tourism

Travel’s Worst Nightmare Returns to Haunt Asia

Once again a deadly health scare proves to be the only thing that can stop travel. The older Asian tourism members understand this from the SARS crisis, and now the millennials are witnessing it too.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel’s Worst Nightmare Returns to Haunt Asia

Tourism

Tourism’s Healing Ways in Japan Show the Flip Side to the Travel Backlash

Tourism is key to the revival of Japan’s marginal villages, in the process unlocking not only precious living cultures and traditions but people’s sanities.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 4 years ago

Tourism’s Healing Ways in Japan Show the Flip Side to the Travel Backlash