Tag: responsible travel

Tag: responsible travel

Your Essential Guide to Navigating Security Screening on the Laos-China Railway

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Posted: November 13, 2024

Traveling on the Laos-China railway promises a wonderful journey through beautiful landscapes. However, many travelers have reported feelings of anxiety regarding security checks at the stations. Fear not! This guide will help you breeze through security screening and inform you about which items to leave behind so you can enjoy a hassle-free adventure. Understanding Security

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Jungle Jar Workshop Update

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Posted: December 20, 2023

Meeting House Complete and Workshop Coming Soon: The meeting house in Ban Huay Fai that is used to produce Jungle Jars, a community initiative setup during COVID is finished, and as soon as the village gets electricity (late January), we’ll be opening the doors to a brand new training workshop. This exciting space will provide

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China-Laos Railway progress after two years

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Posted: December 6, 2023

China daily: The high-profile China-Laos Railway has facilitated roughly 24 million passenger trips and hauled about 29 million metric tons of cargo over the past two years, injecting vitality into regional socioeconomic development, according to China State Railway Group. Saturday marked the railway’s two-year anniversary. As of that day, 24.2 million passenger trips have been

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Pure Electric Taxi launched in Laos

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Posted: November 13, 2023

Vietnam’s Green and Smart Mobility JSC. (GSM) has launched its pure electric taxi service in Vientiane, Laos, under the brand name “Xanh SM”. This marks a step further in GSM’s “Go Green Global” strategy to establish itself as an international electric mobility services provider and promote the adoption of green mobility beyond borders. The company

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The case of Elephants in Tourism in SE Asia

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Posted: March 13, 2023

by Dr Ingrid Suter, Asian Captive Elephant Standards, 19 Feb 2023 Elephant-based tourism is nothing new. The older backpackers among us will remember the streetwalking elephants of Bangkok, a common sight in the 1990s and early 2000s. Even then it felt uncomfortable, seeing this majestic animal amidst the backdrop of tuktuks, taxis and tarmac. The

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Xayaboury Festival is the Elephant in the Room for Lao Tourism

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Posted: March 3, 2023

Written by Amrita Paul   The Xayaboury Elephant Festival is immensely popular with locals but has caused concern among international tourists who worry about the treatment of elephants. A major event held in the northwestern province each year, the Xayaboury Elephant Festival attracts thousands of people who gather to see the spectacle of captive elephants

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Slashed Quarantine Measures for New Arrivals and Returning Residents

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Posted: February 4, 2022

With vaccination rates much higher in populations around the world, advances in medical technology, and faster testing systems, the public health system in Laos is no longer being overrun.“This has meant that the world is now able to better cope with Covid-19, which has transitioned from a pandemic to endemic disease, or a seasonal disease

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Painting Primary school – Houy Fay Village

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Posted: August 22, 2017

Fair Trek has had a relationship with Houy Fay village since the branch’s beginnings. It is one of the villages that Tiger Trail tours go often and because of this, Fair Trek decided to start working together to make sure tourism was used as a positive force and all the parties involved benefited. So after

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Meeting house – Houay Peng Village

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Posted: June 22, 2017

The village of Houy Peng has 48 Khamu families, around 233 people. It is approximately an hour away from Luang Prabang. Fair Trek teamed up with the villagers and several groups of student volunteers to rebuild this village’s community meeting house. Because of growth in the population of the village, the existing meeting house was

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