I don’t know about you, but every once in a while, I find myself imagining what I might do or be if I could reinvent myself — or if my friends could, or my neighbor, or my sister. What interesting, totally different opportunities exist out there that might capture the imagination? Well, I think I’ve [...]

Rather than build up Routes 8 and 12 as a trade route competing with Route 9, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as an eco-tourism routes linking the three countries, suggests the Thai ambassador to Laos. Vitavas Srivihok, the Thai ambassador to Laos, says Thailand will urge Laos and Vietnam [...]

Funds from a global environment grants scheme implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will enable an indigenous community in one of Cambodia’s poorest provinces to build an ecotourism project at a lake recently returned to them from private ownership. The mostly indigenous ethnic Kuoy residents of Romchek village in northeast Preah Vihear province [...]

Eco-tourism. Is this now-fashionable concept basically a contradiction in terms – on a par, as cynics might say, with “business ethics” or “compassionate conservatism”? “Adventure travel” is, of course, a concept as old as the hills, even if some of our greatest adventurers, such as Captain Scott, took great pains to proclaim their serious scientific [...]

When Georg Schluender, a 1987 graduate of Harbor Springs High School, launched a career in ecotourism, he did what most others wish they could do – turn decades of adventure into a full-time job. It all began in high school with an exciting and new sport (at the time) – mountain biking – and his [...]

Few people are fortunate enough to go on a trip to a place that can bring drastic change in their life. I don’t know the names of such people but surely I know the name of a place where one can get close encounters with the abundant nature. The lush green Amazon is the world’s [...]

This year The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) seeks to recognize those who not only take care of guests but Mother Nature as well. To do so, the group has launched its first annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Award. Their aim is to honor ecotourism and sustainable tourism pioneers for their contributions, practices, and inspirational [...]

Leather industry in Bangladesh is one of the most profitable and significantly important sectors no doubt. It is the fourth largest foreign exchange earner of the country contributing about six per cent of total export earnings. At the first sight, it may be viewed as one of the most promising and contributing sectors in the [...]

Conservationists say the growth of eco-tourism could help to save Africa’s critically endangered mountain gorillas from extinction. There are just 700 of the animals left on the planet, all of them living in the volcanic mountains spanning Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades of conflict in the region, along with poaching and [...]

Geography The District of Mymensingh is situated between 24°02‘03″ and 25°25‘56″ north latitude and 89°39‘00″ and 91°15‘35″ east longitude. According to the latest report received (1971) from the director, Land Records and Survey, it comprises an area of 5,039.76 square miles (13,052.92 km2). Mymensingh city is situated within Mymensingh Upazilla which is a sub-district. The city has [...]