| 词条 | ABOUTAsia Travel |
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| name = ABOUTAsia Travel | logo = ABOUTAsia Travel Logo.png | foundation = 2008 | founder = Andrew Booth | hq_location = Siem Reap, Cambodia | industry = Travel | website = http://www.aboutasiatravel.com }}ABOUTAsia Travel is a bespoke travel company specializing in responsible, sustainable travel throughout Cambodia and Southeast Asia,[1][2] with its head offices in Siem Reap, Cambodia.[3] The company was formed in 2008 by former international investment banker Andy Booth as a model of sustainable, responsible tourism in a developing country.[2] HistoryOn a family trip to Cambodia in 2003, Andy Booth learned that the majority of tour agencies operating in the country were based overseas, with only one in six tourist dollars spent in Cambodia remaining in-country[4] and little economic benefit reaching the Khmer people.[5] Convinced that tourism could be done in a sustainable fashion, Booth moved to Siem Reap, Cambodia in 2007 to develop a sustainable travel company with a philanthropic bent, in which 100% of profits were donated to support rural public schools through partner non-profit, ABOUTAsia Schools; with the Cambodian government spending less than USD$3 per student per year, ABOUTAsia Schools supplies "books, computers and other materials."[2] In 2013, the foundation was supporting 108 Cambodian schools and over 53,000 students.[6] Crowd Avoidance ResearchMuch has been written with regards to ABOUTAsia's 'crowd avoidance' research around the Angkor temples. The company routes its tours of Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples with proprietary research garnered with surveillance walks, footfall counts, and "surveys of pedestrian traffic patterns" to graph the number of visitors and keep travelers away from bus tours.[2][7][8] According to Merope Mills of The Guardian, with over 2.5 million visitors to Cambodia every year ABOUTAsia's research is increasingly important for both conservation and visitor experience.[9] The Angkor Guidebook ProjectIn 2014 ABOUTAsia released a new field guide to the Angkor temples, The Angkor Guidebook, written by ABOUTAsia CEO Andrew Booth.[10][11][12] A team of historians was assembled by Booth in 2011, who together set out to answer the question of what the Angkor temples would have looked like in their prime.[13] The book features innovative transparent overlays created by French artist Bruno Lévy to offer a travelers an impression of what the temples would have looked like in the 8th-14th centuries,[10] as well as featuring never before-published photographs from the early part of the 20th century from École française d'Extrême-Orient; Booth spent 10 days searching through 25,000 images to display the state of ruin of the temples when they were discovered by Henri Mouhot.[13] The Angkor Guidebook also offers information on ABOUTAsia's crowd avoidance research, including "practical information on how best to see the temples today, including how to escape the crowds."[13] Awards and recognition
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References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutasiatravel.com |title=ABOUTAsia Travel Main Page |date=2007–2014 |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-13/aboutasia-gets-you-to-cambodia-s-angkor-wat-without-crowd.html |title=AboutAsia Gets You to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Without Crowd |date=March 14, 2013 |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10115654/From-City-banker-to-a-life-of-philanthropy-in-Cambodia.html |title=From City banker to a life of philanthropy in Cambodia |date=June 13, 2013 |accessdate=December 17, 2014 }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/nov/30/cambodia-not-for-profit-tour |title=Cambodia: a new kind of tour|date=November 30, 2012 |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/life-changing-travel-and-travel-changing-lives/ |title=Life changing travel and travel changing lives|date=December 20, 2013 |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10115654/From-City-banker-to-a-life-of-philanthropy-in-Cambodia.html |title=From City banker to a life of philanthropy in Cambodia |date=June 13, 2013 |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewerner/2014/02/06/angkor-wat-is-a-must-see-how-to-do-that-without-the-crowds/ |title=Angkor Wat Is A Must-see Without the Crowds |date=February 6, 2014 |accessdate=August 10, 2014 }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/where/cambodia/200246/ |title=Angkor: The road less travelled |date=August 14, 2013 |accessdate=August 10, 2014 }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/nov/30/cambodia-not-for-profit-tour |title=Cambodia: a new kind of tour |date=November 30, 2012 |accessdate=August 10, 2014 }} 10. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-blog/carry-on/topic/news/new-angkor-wat-guidebook-benefits-cambodian-schools |title=New Angkor Wat Guidebook Benefits Cambodian Schools|date=November 27, 2014 |accessdate=December 17, 2014 }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.angkorguidebook.com/ |title=Angkor Guidebook Homepage|date=October 2014 |accessdate=December 17, 2014 }} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutasiatravel.com/blog/?p=288 |title=The Angkor Guidebook is Here!|date=November 3, 2014 |accessdate=December 17, 2014 }} 13. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/cambodia/11252340/Angkor-Wat-an-interactive-guide-to-the-must-see-temples.html |title=Angkor: an interactive map of Cambodia's must-see temples|date=November 28, 2014 |accessdate=December 17, 2014 }} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/promo/pdfs/tl-a-list-top-travel-agents-booklet-2014.pdf |title=T+L A-List Travel Agents|date=August 2014 |accessdate=December 17, 2014 }} 15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cntraveler.com/travel-tips/travel-specialists/andy-booth |title=Andy Booth, ABOUTAsia|date=n.d. |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 16. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/global-vision-awards-2013 |title=Global Vision Awards|date=October 2013 |accessdate=August 9, 2014 }} 17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.purelifeexperiences.com/AwardsShortlist6.html |title=PURE awards 2014|date=November 2014 |accessdate=November 14, 2014 }} 1 : Travel and holiday companies of Cambodia |
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