Thailand is our Asia focus in August. According to Associated Press, the no. of foreign tourist visiting Thailand in 2016 is 32,590,000, bringing over USD 71 billions of revenue. Thai Social Enterprise Office (TSEO) was set up since 2010 and has been supporting social enterprises associated with tourism. Awarding winning representatives such as Local Alike and Socialgiver not only provided unique travelling experience in Thai but also ensure traveler’s contribution goes into improving the local livelihoods.
Socialgiver is an award-winning social enterprise that fundraises for causes you care about by selling gift cards from Thailand’s brands
Localalike promotes “Community-based tourism” which allows local residents to be involved in community development in your traveling experience.
Source of Information: Localalike & SocialGiver
