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GEO 546: Southeast Asia Tourism Websites

Fall, 2004


Southeast Asian Tourism Sites and Sources

Bali Online

Access Bali Online Bali interactive online page for the traveller (good examples of representations of Bali, arguably Southeast Asia's first and best-known major tourist attraction)

Check out this site: Adventure Travel. A site which links Britannica.com in a partnership with iExplore, the Adventure Travel website "that will change the way you look at the world!" Want to do a cultural tour of Thailand, cruise the Mekong, or visit the rainforests of Borneo? Britannica.com and iExplore have the tools you need to research and purchase such trips. Through the "Search" link on the home page one can find useful information and further links to any destination city, country, or other major location.

Lonely Planet Publications (there are over 150 Lonely Planet travel guides in print, covering almost every country on earth). Its guides on Southeast Asia include regional, country, and city guidebooks. The beautifully-illustrated Insight Guides also cover the countries of the region.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) provides marketing, research and educational opportunities to a membership of government tourist offices, airlines, hotels, travel agencies, tour operators and related companies. PATA's mission is to enhance the growth, value and quality of Pacific Asia travel and tourism for the benefit of its membership.






Individual countries have their own tourist organizations and these sites provide considerable information about the country. Following are the official tourism websites from each of the Southeast Asian countries:

    Brunei Government homepage



    There is no official government tourism website for Burma (Myanmar) but Peace House Tours and Travel Ltd. ("Your reliable travel agent in Myanmar") is a link offered on the PATA site.
    Kingdom of Cambodia Government Tourist Office
    Indonesia has two official sites: the Tourist Promotion Board and the State Ministry for Tourism and Art





    National Tourism Authority of Lao PDR
    Tourism Malaysia is the main government tourism site. Two other official government sites exist for eastern Malaysia: the Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation and the Sarawak Tourism Board
    Philippine Department of Tourism
    Singapore has sites targeted to different tourist origins; the site for US tourists is located at Singapore Tourism Board
    Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT)
    Vietnam's National Administration of Tourism




These and many other national tourist boards, hotel information, etc. for the PATA region can be accessed through clicking on the "Select a Destination" Quick Link in the PATA website.

Another excellent site is the Directory of Official Tourism Websites by Nation which gives access to the official sites of nearly all countries and dependencies, arranged by major world region.

The US State Department maintains current " Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets" for every country in the world. Check out this site to see which of the Southeast Asian countries currently have travel warnings.