Published: 7:00pm, 15 Jul, 2019 Updated: 8:31pm, 16 Jul, 2019
Tourism-related businesses in Asia have launched schemes to reduce single-use plastics and help restore coral reefs. One Thai island has stopped tourists arriving with plastics bags and the Banyan Tree Samui has replaced plastic bottles with glass containers. It t has also launched a coral regeneration project. The Philippines is one of the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists, but it too faces environmental challenges. The Treeline Urban Resort in Cambodia, meanwhile, has pledged to become the country’s first plastic-free property, the Akaryn Hotel Group has stopped using single-use plastics and Etihad Airways has said it will cut single-use plastic by 80% by 2022.