After winning a prestigious UN award, the leaders of Global Himalayan Expedition explain how tourism can bring clean energy to remote communities

Tourists have crowded into Gilgit-Baltistan as hotels open up, but scant enforcement of social-distancing rules is heightening fears that the pandemic will spread

Global experts say we shall gain many times what we spend by 2030 and unleash huge business opportunities

Although Covid-19 has hit the tourism industry hard, the example of Kyrgyzstan, with its beautiful landscapes and rich traditions, shows that ecotourism can be a path to a sustainable future

Near the confluence of the three rivers that form the Brahmaputra, Maguri Motapung Beel in Assam is under threat from overfishing, silt and floods from the mountains, and oil exploration

As a new tunnel connects the remote Lahaul valley with the rest of India for the first time, young people search for development on their own terms

A monastery, a village, rare bird species, and a high altitude lake in Ladakh – this is the beautiful setting of Tso Moriri

A rise in visitor numbers to the town of Leh in India’s highlands is taking its toll on the region’s most precious resource — water. Groundwater bears the most impact, but efforts tell us not all is lost

After 50 years, the Indian Army stopped using the Tosamaidan highland meadow in Kashmir as an artillery range and tourists moved in last month, following a sustained campaign by timber smugglers who wanted to turn tour guides

Report warns of risks from climate change and tourism but neglects threats posed by resource extraction