Yang says the Asia-Pacific regionis so vulnerable to climate change.
TOO many tourist arrivals have the side-effect of destroying the fragile eco-systems of islands, warned Yang Gi-Cheol, director-general of Tourism Bureau of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in South Korea.
“Even Phi Phi Islands of Phuket are closed indefinitely because of severe environmental pollution issues,” he said at the recent 22nd Inter-Islands Tourism Policy (ITOP) Forum hosted in George Town, Penang.
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