VOICE OF ASIA- PACIFIC ECOTOURISM
“…marching forward in strengthening of ecotourism fraternity of Asia-Pacific Region….”
News Letter, August, 2019
Published by Asia-Pacific Regional Ecotourism Council (APREC), Colombo Secretariat in association with Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation (SLEF); Volume 07, August, 2019
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• Profile of APREC
• Core Objectives of APREC, APREC Steering Committee, Mission of APREC, HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER OF APREC
• Editor’s Note; Editorial
• Press Communiqué; Horrific attacks on Easter Sunday, April,2019
• Sri Lanka Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises ,(SME Tourism) badly affected due to Easter Sunday attack
• CITIES; Sri Lanka missed the opportunity!
• Tourism Minister Amaratunga wants more and more casinos and night clubs opened to attract tourists to Sri Lanka
• Tourism is the only way to overcome poverty in Sri Lanka- Kishu Gomes, Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau
GLOBAL ECOTOURISM NEWS ROUND UP
• Ecotourism Is the Solution to Overtourism
• East Timor; New Ecotourism Destinations in Asia-Pacific Region
• Upcoming Ecotourism Events; Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC), 2020, Prague, Czech Republic
• Events sponsored by RDI Network, Australia
• Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference; 2-4 December, 2019, Cairns, Australia
• “Story of Ecotourism Sri Lanka” – Book Publication; Authored by Palitha Gurusinghe, President, Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation
• SLEF News Roundup; Community Based Ecotourism Projects in Sri Lanka The First Women-Centric Ecotourism Project; Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, - Madurawala Ecotourism Project; 2018, “The Best Community Based Ecotourism Project in Sri Lanka”, Madurawala, Sri Lanka
• “Fair Journey”; A New Sustainable Travel Startup (www.fairjourney.com), initiated by Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation