Tourism
This paper provides a taxonomy of tools that policymakers at all levels have used to promote sustainability in the travel and tourism space.
Generative AI could become like our seventh sense—that is, a natural and unconscious extension to the way we gather information and make decisions.
Tags: Information and communications technology, Economy, Tourism, Private sector development
This brief tracks how Southeast Asian countries are using smart technologies to make their tourism sectors more competitive, inclusive, and sustainable.
Tags: Tourism, Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, ASEAN
Closing loopholes in the regulation of alternative accommodations would benefit the travelers, the state, and property owners.
Tourism ministers in Southeast Asia have endorsed a holistic and long-term strategic plan to guide the sustainable development of the tourism industry.
Tags: Tourism, Environment, ASEAN
This brief analyzes the importance of Thailand’s short-term rentals to tourism and shows how fully regulating the rental segment would benefit tourists, providers, and the state.
Using a business-led approach, the program works with MSMEs to reduce the social and environmental impacts of tourism.
Tags: Tourism, Lao PDR, Sustainable Development Goals, Environment
Grants ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 in store for eligible projects that support bolstering connectivity, environment, tourism, or agriculture in BIMP-EAGA.
Tags: Environment, Agriculture, Tourism, Sustainable Development Goals
This brochure provides highlights from ADB’s Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2023: Imagining a Net-Zero ASEAN event which explored how the region can ramp up efforts to decarbonize and target low-carbon growth.
Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Finance, Information and communications technology, Urban development, Tourism, Health, Energy
The project is expected to benefit 104,500 residents and 1.3 million annual visitors by 2031.
Tags: Lao PDR, Tourism, Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Environment, Urban development