Post-pandemic Asia is working to revive tourism revenues, but overtourism is straining the environment and local communities, highlighting the need for sustainable tourism support from sending countries.
In Bhutan, local communities are increasingly turning to eco-tourism as a way to both revive their economies — and help protect the surrounding environment and endangered species.
As countries expand their protected areas to meet the ambitious goal of protecting 30 per cent of land and sea by 2030, many newly established protected areas are failing to stop deforestation, leading to biodiversity loss and carbon emissions.