Share Your Southeast Asia Adventures and Win

Bangkok, 22 April 2010 – Never has there been a better time to share your favorite snapshots and stories from your travels in Southeast Asia.

The ASEAN Tourism Association’s new www.SoutheastAsia.org travel portal is running a writing and photography contest with US$15,000 in prize money up for grabs. Entries close on 15 June.

The inaugural Southeast Asia: feel the warmth Travel Photography and Writing Awards will be awarded in two categories: Editor’s Choice, decided by a panel of judges, and People’s Choice, voted on by visitors to the site.

The monthly Editor’s Choice winners and the top three People’s Choice entries each month are eligible for the Grand Prizes. Voting for the People’s Choice Grand Prize will take place in July.

For editors: Images of campaign logos and Southeast Asian destinations can be downloaded here.

About the ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA)
The ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA) was formed on 27th March 1971. ASEANTA is a non-profit tourism association comprising both public and private tourism sector organizations from ASEAN. ASEANTA has grown to become a tourism association of influence within the ASEAN tourism landscape, playing an integral role in shaping tourism development growth and policies in the ASEAN region. Further information and ASEANTA mission statement.

About ASEAN Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE)
ACE was designed and funded by USAID’s Regional Development Mission in Asia (RDMA), which is based in Bangkok. ACE’s objective is to enhance the integration and competitiveness imperatives of two of ASEAN’s priority sectors: travel & tourism and textiles & apparel. The ACE Project is part of the broader ASEAN-US Enhanced Partnership which was launched in 2006, under which the United States pledged its support to ASEAN in pursuing its objective of becoming an ASEAN Community by 2015. The ACE Project is managed by Nathan Associates Inc. E-mail: rjgurley@ace-advance.com. Website: www.ace-advance.com.

Further information
Ikhwan Al-Rashid Abdul Rahman
ASEANTA Marketing Director
Tel: (60) 32692 6850
Fax: (60) 32694 2179
Email: ikhwan@aseanta.org / ikhwanalrashid@yahoo.com

Press queries
Ken Scott
ScottAsia Communications
Tel: (66) 81 931 2753
E-mail: ken@scottasia.net