{"id":220771,"date":"2023-05-03T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=220771"},"modified":"2023-05-03T21:02:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:02:17","slug":"bushfires-scorch-luang-prabang-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/05\/bushfires-scorch-luang-prabang-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushfires scorch Luang Prabang resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LUANG PRABANG: 3 May 2023: Two resorts and a privately owned nature reserve in Luang Prabang in northern Laos suffered substantial damage from bushfires last week, illustrating the threat to life and property during the annual slash and burn season that decimates forests in the Mekong Region.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy smog has covered northern Laos, Thailand and Myanmar since February, causing substantial financial losses to the region&#8217;s tourism and hospitality industries. Tourism associations admit the smog crisis cuts the annual tourism peak season across the Mekong Region from around six to four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" data-id=\"220797\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-600x344.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220797 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-600x344.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-1536x882.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-696x400.png 696w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-1068x613.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-1920x1102.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02-732x420.png 732w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-02.png 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/344;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arsonists torch valley fenced and designated as a protected area home to the tourist attraction Tam Pa Bong Cave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" data-id=\"220796\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-600x448.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220796 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-600x448.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-768x574.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-696x520.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-562x420.jpeg 562w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-80x60.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort-265x198.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lao-spirit-resort.jpeg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/448;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lao Spirit Resort featured on Booking.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fires at Luang Prabang resorts <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bushfires destroyed one of eight villas at the Lao Spirit Resort located in a forest in Ban Xiangl\u00f4m district, 4 km from Tad Sae Waterfall. Staff and guests escaped to safety. The resort is popular on Booking.com, with a starting rate of USD84 a night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See bushfire video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarkusPeschke1\/videos\/1204757980178966?idorvanity=1455054658112696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarkusPeschke1\/videos\/1204757980178966?idorvanity=1455054658112696<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fires also destroyed five bungalows of the 10-unit Zen Namkhan Resort also located in a forest near Luang Prabang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bushfires, described as repeated &#8220;arson attacks&#8221;, destroyed 16 hectares of a 30-hectare privately owned protected area lauded by the Tourism Authority of Thailand for its natural outdoor attractions in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lao Spirit Resort manager Wieslaw Bylo&nbsp; told the Laotian Times: &#8220;The fire came closer to the bungalow before it spread to the roof of the bungalow \u2026 We&#8217;ve had a tough year as residents, and even now we can see the fire blazing through the mountains in Luang Prabang.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TTR Weekly contacted the manager of Zen Namkhan Resort, who confirmed the loss of five bungalows to what he described as \u201cagricultural fires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the manager, the resort has been closed since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 but was under renovations preparing for an imminent reopening. He commented in a text message: \u201cI was trying to reopen in April and fixing facilities at the resort, but then the fire came, and I am not sure if we can open the resort due to the cost of repairs\u2026 It is very risky to operate a resort business, especially in the jungle or forest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first report of the fires at the two tourist resorts was posted on social media on 27 April by Markus Peschke, the owner and Founder of Chateau Orientale Resort, who captured the Lao Spirit Resort fire on video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He commented on his Facebook page: &#8220;Today, the Lao Spirit Resort lost a bungalow, five bungalows burned down at the Zen Namkhan Resort, and our rented grass areas for our elephants burned down for the third time in different locations for the same reason \u2026 It&#8217;s a horror year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fire torched nature reserve <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peschke inspected a valley in the catchment area of \u200b\u200bLuang Phabang on 29 April that he leased for 60 years for nature conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI found that arsonists had set fires in several places in the valley and destroyed at least 16 hectares of jungle, some of which was original and some just regenerating. In the valley, already fenced and designated as a protected area, is the Tam Pa Bong Cave included in the list of outdoor tourist attractions by the Tourism Authority in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fire was deliberately ignited in several places and destroyed the jungle in which a revered cave is located. I&#8217;m speechless and wonder why this completely unnecessary, nonsensical arson exists,\u201d said Peschke, who has been a resident and investor in various tourism projects in Luang Prabang since 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are travel associations speechless?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peschke admits he was speechless, but the same day the bushfires struck the two resorts in Luang Prabang, the Mekong Region\u2019s tourism VIPs and experts presented their annual speeches at the Mekong Tourism Forum in Sihanoukville in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-489x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213094 lazyload\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-489x600.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-324x400.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-696x854.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-342x420.jpg 342w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij-600x737.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MTCO-Executive-Director-Suvimol-Thanasarakij.jpg 984w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 244px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 244\/300;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Possibly for the first time in the history of the Mekong Tourism Forum (established in 1996), two speakers mentioned the annual smog crisis in side comments in their &#8220;rethink tourism&#8221; speeches. That&#8217;s progress for an event that usually focuses almost entirely on the soft talk of marketing the six member countries of the Mekong \u2013 Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her opening remarks to the forum, the MTCO executive director Suvimol Thanasarakij commented: &#8220;While we enjoy the recovery, the Greater Mekong Subregion\u2019s tourism sector continues to face challenges, such as economic, environmental and political issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn terms of environmental issues, the impact of climate change on the industry is apparent. We face problems like haze, high temperatures, water shortages and floods that force tourism destinations to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeographically, GMS countries are tied together by the Mekong River, highlighting the importance of close cooperation. For instance, challenges like haze require cooperation among cross-border cooperation between the affected countries. Immediate action is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PATA chair: Prevention better than cure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-600x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220547 lazyload\" width=\"245\" height=\"190\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-696x540.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-1068x828.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone-542x420.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Semone.jpg 1393w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 245px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 245\/190;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: eturbonews.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pacific Asia Travel Association\u2019s chair, Peter Semone, referred to \u201cslash and burn\u201d in his keynote address to 250 delegates attending the MTF, identifying what he called \u201cpernicious air pollution and regional smog due to antiquated, but necessary slash and burn practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sticking to the forum&#8217;s theme of rethinking tourism, he noted that one choice is to &#8220;bury our heads in the sand and not to rethink at all. The other choice is to &#8216;rethink tourism&#8217;, put people and the planet first, and bring everyone together with a shared vision of a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient sector.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked by <em>TTRW<\/em> to clarify his comment on air pollution and regional smog, he replied in a text message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTourism enterprises are exposed to many risks associated with sustaining income and maintaining their physical infrastructure. As if being vulnerable to natural disasters isn&#8217;t enough, tourism businesses must duck and dive through man-made disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to neutralise man-made risks before they become crises &#8211; known simply as prevention before cure. It is very much in PATA\u2019s mandate to tell it like it is; and advocate for change for the betterment of sustainable tourism development across the GMS, ASEAN and the greater Pacific Asia region,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resort and tourism operators across the Mekong Region are seeking engagement and solutions to help them recover from the double whammy of Covid-19 and the financial losses caused by the smog crisis. They want national and regional trade associations to lobby Mekong Region governments to resolve an air pollution crisis that blights regional tourism. So far, bushfires have not caused any tourist fatalities, but the region&#8217;s luck could one day run out if the problem remains unresolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUANG PRABANG: 3 May 2023: Two resorts and a privately owned nature reserve in Luang Prabang in northern Laos suffered substantial damage from bushfires last week, illustrating the threat to life and property during the annual slash and burn season that decimates forests in the Mekong Region.&nbsp;&nbsp; Heavy smog has covered northern Laos, Thailand and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":220797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4170,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-220771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-destinations","8":"category-laos"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bushfires scorch Luang Prabang resorts - TTR Weekly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/05\/bushfires-scorch-luang-prabang-resorts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bushfires scorch Luang Prabang resorts - TTR Weekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LUANG PRABANG: 3 May 2023: Two resorts and a privately owned nature reserve in Luang Prabang in northern Laos suffered substantial damage from bushfires last week, illustrating the threat to life and property during the annual slash and burn season that decimates forests in the Mekong Region.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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