Making Tourism Work For Local Communities

Somsak Boonkam, Local Alike

18-Apr-18 10:00

Making Tourism Work For Local Communities

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Local Alike is a Thailand-based online platform that provides travelers with unique experiences crafted by local communities that you don’t normally see on standard tourist brochures. We speak to Somsak Boonkam - better known as Pai - about the importance of empowering local communities via tourism, curating authentic experiences, and why it was important to him on a personal level to pursue this venture.

Produced by: Arvindh Yuvaraj

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Tags: tourism, local communities, Local Alike, Thailand, travelers, tourists

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