Singapore: Community-Based Tourism
Singapore’s local culture runs deep, and is tied to Singaporeans’ passion for good food and friendly neighborhoods. 1.1. Local Food / Street Food The national passion for food can best be experienced by visiting one of the hundreds of hawker centers in Singapore – there’s one on almost every corner! Singapore’s hawkers formerly sold their […]
Singapore Desires Its Inhabitants To Breathe Sports
Singapore, ASEAN’s most developed nation is renowned for its high degree of organization, not only in terms of hardware (e.g. infrastructure, transport systems and urban planning), but also in terms of its software; its people and social services directed towards them, like education and healthcare. It therefore isn’t a big a surprise that Sports in […]
Singapore: Cultural & Heritage Tourism
For its small size, Singapore’s streets possess a wealth of history and culture more fitting for a country four times its size – from ethnic enclaves to historic colonial-era government buildings. 1.1. Colonial District Trail Singapore’s modern history begins in the Colonial District, where Sir Stamford Raffles landed and built his British colony. A statue […]
Indonesia: Community-Based Tourism
Indonesia’s communities welcome visitors with open arms – these villages expose travelers to fascinating individual facets of Indonesia found nowhere else in the world. 1.1. Pentingsari Village Pentingsari Village lies close to Yogyakarta and Mount Merapi, a cool countryside getaway surrounded by fruit trees and riverbanks. A visit to Pentingsari will immerse you deep into […]
Sipa, Philippines Home-Grown National Sport
Whenever Filipino’s are asked about their favourite sports, Basketball heads the list, while boxing and billiards vie for second spot, followed by popular badminton. Indeed, basketball is by far the most popular team sport in the Philippines. It has been played for nearly a century in the Philippines, brought along by the Americans. The Philippine Basketball League (PBA) […]
Myanmar: Cultural & Heritage Tourism
Once the heart of a great empire, Myanmar takes pride in the temples, palaces and city ruins built by previous generations of rulers, and left scattered all across the countryside. 1.1. Bagan-Nyaung U, Mandalay Region The Kingdom of Pagan unified much of Myanmar before the 10th century AD, and its capital is now one of […]
Chinlone In Myanmar
Chinlone is the traditional sport of Myanmar, dating back to at least the 7th century (Pyu era). Traditionally, Chinlone was played at pagoda festivals and monks’ funerals. Testimony to that was a silver cane ball excavated under the remains of a collapsed pagoda stemming from that early period, near Kalakan Kone village, Hmyaw Sar town, in […]
Malaysia: Community-Based Tourism
Malaysia’s local communities live in harmony with nature and one another – and a homestay in their midst is the perfect opportunity to be part of their intertwined lives, if only for a while. 1.1. Homestay at Kampung Kuala Medang, Kuala Lipis, Pahang From this traditional village in the hinterlands, travelers can easily reach rapids […]
Lao PDR: Cultural & Heritage Tourism
Laos’ culture manifests in a variety of ways, most compellingly through temple ruins, a sedate heritage town and a mysterious plain of jars. 1.1. Plain of Jars, Xiengkhouang Province The thousands of jars littering three sites in Xieng Khouang Province remain a mystery, but many tourists seem determined to crack the case. Thousands of visitors […]
Philippines: Community-Based Tourism
Filipinos’ warmth and hospitality are a tourist attraction by themselves, as you’ll find out for yourself in the community-based activities presented here. 1.1. Abatan River Community Life Tour A leisurely boat ride takes visitors from the Abatan River Visitor Center in the Bohol town of Cortes, sailing down the river to visit five communities in […]