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 * The Mekong** is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. From the Tibetan Plateau this river runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. - [|Wikipedia]

Headlines
https://www.thethirdpole.net/2017/02/03/blasting-the-mekong-for-commercial-shipping [|Former Lonely Planet Author argues for the protection of wildlife and children - Mekong Tourism] [] [|Life on the Mekong]

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Twitter
https://twitter.com/TourismMekong

Elsewhere on the Web
http://www.mekongresponsibletourism.org http://www.mekongtourism.org [|Responsible Tourism Guide to the Mekong] [] [] - [|Cambodia] [|China] [|Lao PDR] [|Myanmar] [|Thailand] [|Vietnam]

Mekong Discovery Trail Project
http://www.mekongdiscoverytrail.com http://step.unwto.org/en/news/2012-04-13/mekong-river-discovery-trail-cambodia http://sevisea.blogspot.com/2013/05/mekong-discovery-trail-northern-cambodia_26.html

Recommended Listening
[|Climate change and the Mekong] - Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to sea level rises. This discussion looks at the potential climate change impacts on SE Asia's food bowl, the Mekong Delta.

[|The Mekong - a river under threat] - Milton Osborne discusses the detrimental effects of further dams being built on the mainstream of the Mekong River

Wikipedia
[|Mekong]

Essay: [|Immersive, community-based tourism takes off, but marketing challenges remain] We need web links for these community tourism projects and ways to connect that work. Far too many of these noble programs exist in the training and report stage only. Train the locals to be digitally literate. Can visitors make reservations? Can visitors like or recommend the services on Facebook or TripAdvisor?

Older articles [|Perceptions of the Mekong Sub-Region - Joe Cummings]