Eco-tourism in Laos

1. Sharing Eco-Tourism
Experience
Content and Photo by :
MS. Somphone Soukhathammavong

2. Eco-Tourism

3. The information of this article is from achievement of
opportunities to have surveys at Laungphabang and
Savannakhet provinces in Lao PDR. And , the survey of
Project Youth- Empowerment Youth with Eco –
tourism in Malaysia Kuching Sarawak.
A circular economy model is effective for eco-tourism, as
it supported resources including human resource and
waste stuffs. For example, the recycle of paper and
plastic bags and bottles to reduce harmful to the
environment. There are “ how to” and “ who are knowing
on how to recycle Circular economy is relatively
illustrated with SDG 12 in that it includes businessmen
and entrepreneurs, scientists and policy makers, but the
circular economy is not trending.

4. Start by Knowing
TRAVELLING CONCEPT
Ecotourism provides prevention and support
communities and sustainable travel and smooth
income to local villages to support and protect local
communities. Visitors who would like to join a
village’s activities can support youth by involving
them to show their tribe dancing performance,
trekking and sharing environmental understanding.
Before joining ecotourism activities, tourists
practically follows to contribute respectively
environmental and cultural awareness to
understand beliefs of the local People.

5. Importance of Eco-Tourism

6. One view, eco-tourism can help investment on tourism being
valuable. As eco-tourism focuses as a community as the
prioritized product, a community provides tourism activities
with ethnic groups and homestays with them. The tourism
information is significant . The learning on communication ,
marketing approaches, will have positive advantages and
promotion with a community and environment.

8. Ecotourism is blooming a few year ago in Laos.
It is a challenge on the business model . There
are many topics of business model, such as
innovation ( online marketing and social media
promotion ), financial instruments, behavioral
change and communication.
Eco-tourism is able to support “Knowledge
Management” to students on innovative
platforms, such as APPS, and online 3D video.

9. Eco-tourism is an advantage as an alternative
information to a local community to support Lao
Youth and children Inclusion with eco-tourism in
Laos, and would like to know the circular
economy in depth.

11. There are many perspectives on eco-
tourism
1. Traditional And Cultural Activities Of
Indigenous
2. Livelihood Activity – Farming, Forests,
Wildlife, And Rivers
3. Beliefs- such as Animism, Buddhism to
farming, forests, rivers
4. Traditional costumes and souvenir
Production
5. Traditional and civilization Architecture
Interesting Eco-tourism Areas

13. Eco-tourism can increase national income as it
considers as eco- friendly handmade souvenirs.
IN a case of Laos, there are Sinh -Lao textiles,
bamboo sticky rice baskets, organic bath and
body products, Lao coffee from the Bolaven
Plateau, silver and gold jewelry, Lao pottery and
tea from Northern part of Laos. The interesting
safe souvenir is handmade Saa paper. It is a
safe-enviroemnt souvenir from Luangphabang
and Xiengkhoung provinces.

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