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  • Chinese tourists visiting in a large group in London, United Kingdom. Over the last decade there has been a marked increase in tourism from mainland China.
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  • Onboard a taxi with a built-in screen playing the karaoke song words of Halo by Beyoncé on the 26th October 2019 in Pangandaran in Indonesia.
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  • Tourists using digital devices - iphones, tablets, ipads, cameras -  photograph the dawn at Angkor Wat; waiting to see the light come up over the main temple of Angkor.
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  • Tourists look at local artist work in Angkor Wat in Cambodia.<br />
Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century.
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  • Tourists using digital devices - iphones, tablets, ipads, cameras -  photograph the dawn at Angkor Wat; waiting to see the light come up over the main temple of Angkor.<br />
Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom.  UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings
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  • Tourists using digital devices - iphones, tablets, ipads, cameras -  photograph the dawn at Angkor Wat;  waiting to see the light come up over the main temple of Angkor.
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  • A lady wearing a hijab walks towards the sea at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A man takes a picture using a mobile phone while his subject holds a selfie stick to take a selfie at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Indonesian tourists mix with surfers at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Young male and female muslim karate students walking past an elaborately decorated home in the small fishing village of Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia.
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  • A lady covering her face from the sun at Merdeka Square with the National Monument in the horizon on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Indonesian tourists at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Indonesian families play in the whitewash at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A female warden outside the toilets at the Green Canyon near Pangandaran on the 30th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • The small fishing village of Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia.
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  • A man selling traditional Indonesian street food from his cart in Borobudur on the 25th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A muslim lady wearing a hijab stands on an elevated platform at the Sumur Gumuling, also known as the Gumuling Well, within the Taman Sari Water Castle complex on the 23rd October 2019 in Yogyakarta in Indonesia. The Sumur Gumuling is a round building that was functioned as a mosque at the time of Yogyakarta Palace. The Taman Sari Water Castle is a historic bathing complex in Yogyakarta.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • Two Javanese women at Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • Brightly coloured street food carts in Central Jakarta near Merdeka Square on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Views of south Jakarta from an aeroplane on the 1st November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Jakarta traffic on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Brightly coloured pink and blue Dutch bicycles with lacy hats at Fatahillah Square in Jakarta on the 1st November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A young Indonesian boy surfing at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A tall fisherman’s watch tower off shore at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A man sits in the shade outside a local food stall at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A Euopean woman swimming at the Green Canyon near Pangandaran on the 30th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A colonial themed guesthouse in Batu Karas featuring artwork of the British Royal family on the 27th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Surfing culture artwork at Salt Cafe in Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Surfers line up at the point break at Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia.
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  • Yogyakarta train station on the 26th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A window with traditional Indonesian restaurant selling Masakan Padang in Borobudur on the 25th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • An European female tourist walking at Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • A young male street food vendor selling crispy fried tofu in Borobudur on the 25th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Pawon Temple is a Buddhist temple at Borobudur on the 25th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Sunset at Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047902.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • An ornate tiled roof from the historic bathing complex, the Taman Sari Water Castle, in Yogyakarta on the 23rd October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Rush hour in central Jakarta next to the Selamat Datang monument on the 21st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia
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  • Heavy traffic in central Jakarta next to the Selamat Datang monument on the 21st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia
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  • Central Jakarta skyline with the Selamat Datang monument on the horizon on the 21st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia
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  • Brightly coloured street food carts in Central Jakarta near Merdeka Square on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Brightly coloured street food carts in Central Jakarta near Merdeka Square on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Jakarta traffic on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Brightly coloured Dutch bicycles with lacy hats at Fatahillah Square in Jakarta on the 1st November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Four male Indonesian surfers run towards the sea at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A male Indonesian surfer at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A male Indonesian surfer at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • An attractive female Indonesian longboarder surfing at Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Brightly coloured homestays and guest house accommodation in the fishing village of Batu Karas on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A beige van selling fruit and other consumable goods from the carboot at the Green Canyon carpark near Pangandaran on the 30th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Low season at the Green Canyon food stalls near Pangandaran on the 30th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A male guide looks out to the Green Canyon near Pangandaran on the 30th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Sunset at Borobudur on the 25th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • Rural Borobudur at sunset on the 25th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047934.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047903.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047895.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047887.jpg
  • An Indonesian woman wearing a red wide brimmed hat takes selfies in front of Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047889.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047893.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047859.jpg
  • Central Jakartas rapidly developing skyline on the 21st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia
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  • Central Jakartas rapidly developing skyline on the 21st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia
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  • The National Monument in Merdeka Square in central Jakarta on the 22nd October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia. The national monument of the Republic of Indonesia, it was built to commemorate the struggle for Indonesian independence. Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno.
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  • The Selamat Datang monument and water feature on the 21st October 2019 in central Jakarta in Java in Indonesia
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  • The National Museum in Jakarta on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • The National Museum in Jakarta on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A traditional fishing community at Pangandaran beach on the 30th October 2019 in Pangandaran in Indonesia.
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  • The National Museum in Jakarta on the 2nd November 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A traditional wooden fishing boat returns to the shore at Batu Karas on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Traditional wooden fishing boats line the beach at Batu Karas on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • Freshly caught fish drying in the sun at the fishing village of Batu Karas beach on the 31st October 2019 in Java in Indonesia.
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  • A large yellow tsunami warming signpost at the fishing village of Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia.
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  • A tsunami warning sign post showing escape route directions at the fishing village of Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia.
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  • Chinese tourists stop to look at a map while trying to find their way around London, UK.
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  • Asian tourists in Westminster in London, England, United Kingdom. Some South East Asian tourists travel in large tour groups and is especially noticable as tourism levels increase.
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  • Bustling and busy street scene in Cox Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, Asia.  Cox Bazar is a busy city, fishing port and tourism centre and district headquarters in southeastern Bangladesh.  Electricity wires hang between commercial buildings across the busy road with rikshaws parked and moving.
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  • Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center.
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  • A female Asian elephant at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Asian elephants and their mahouts (handlers) enjoy bathing in the lake at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center.
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  • Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center.
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  • A mahout washes Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An in the lake at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center.
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  • A mahout and his female Asian elephant leave the water after enjoying bathing in the lake at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An at their baci ceremony at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center. It relies on voluntary participation and aims to support mahouts involved in logging to bear the cost of breeding their elephant.
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  • Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An during their baci ceremony at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center. It relies on voluntary participation and aims to support mahouts involved in logging to bear the cost of breeding their elephant.
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  • Noy An, a female baby Asian elephant born in January 2015 at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center. It relies on voluntary participation and aims to support mahouts involved in logging to bear the cost of breeding their elephant.
    A0030040cc_1.jpg
  • Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center. It relies on voluntary participation and aims to support mahouts involved in logging to bear the cost of breeding their elephant.
    A0030039cc_1.jpg
  • A mahout (handler) with Mae Khram Di, a female Asian elephant and her baby Noy An at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction. At the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury province, the elephant nursery is an innovative reproduction project led by Lao mahouts and the Center. It relies on voluntary participation and aims to support mahouts involved in logging to bear the cost of breeding their elephant.
    A0030034cc_1.jpg
  • A mahout (handler) and two Asian elephant enjoy bathing in the lake at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The ECC launched in association with the NGO ElefantAsia offers an innovative experience to visitors that combines conservation of the endangered Asian elephant with eco-tourism. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry.
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  • Asian tourists taking photographs in Plitvice National Park, Croatia. Part of a story on Croatia's hidden landscape and undiscovered tourism.
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  • Asian family eating their lunch tucked away on a corner by the River Thames, as seagulls circle overhead. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
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  • An Asian tour group admires renaissance statues in Florence's Piazza della Signoria. With the tall marble replica statue of Neptune in the background as well as the mounted figure of Cosimo Medici on his horse to the left, the tourists are listening to the amplified commentary of their leader who tells them about the history of this city and its context within the medieval world of art and trade.  The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
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  • An Asian tour leader holds up a flag for followers to see clearly, outside St. Pauls Cathedral, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • A group of Asian shoppers passes the shop wondow of Chanel, on 5th July 2017, in New Bond Street, London England.
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