We encourage you to support the smaller, more remote places that see few tourism dollars and also suggest to spread your tourism money around as you can, stay at the hotel, eat at a local restaurant, buy local products from the market, find services from as many different locations as possible.   Here are a few suggestions and if you have something you think would be fitting for this page, let us know and we will add it.

Stay-another-day.org was set up to help you really get to know the countries you are visitingin more depth. Our goal is to promote "destination friendly" tourism, by connecting travelers with organizations that are in some way helping to conserve local culture and heritage, support community projects benefiting local people or initiatives to lessen negative environmental impacts of tourism. Currently covering the Mekong region of Cambodia, Lao PDR and soon Vietnam, we bring together interesting things to do, see or buy, by highlighting organizations that not only offer noteworthy experiences and souvenirs but are also giving back to the local communities. Stay a bit longer and experience more...


  Lao Textile Museum
Inside the museum there are more than 1,000 ancient silk fabrics from all ethnic groups in Laos. These include many ancient silk fabrics from the Taideng tribe from Houaphan province and the Taiphouan group of Xieng Khuang.  Beside this there are many types of objects used in Lao people's daily life in the past.  In addition, the owners of Lao Textile Museum are also involved in such traditional arts as dyeing fabrics using natural colours, weaving, cooking traditional Lao food, making Lao alcohol and organising religious ceremonies for visitors.

Hilltribe.org is an outstanding site for information on Hill Tribes of Thailand and there is some cross over to Laos and Vietnam.  Very detailed site and a great resource for information.




Lao Handicrafts Association
The association is a group of over 100 handicrafts producers from Laos. Our products include jewellery, textiles, carpets, metal work, wood crafts and other handicraft items, all of which are made from local materials by local artisans.

Traditional Arts and Ethnology Center Luang Prabang
A private, non-profit institution, the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre is a museum and resource centre dedicated to the ethnic cultures of Laos.  Located in a historic building in Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Centre’s exhibitions feature ethnic clothing, household objects, religious artefacts, and tools.  Our objective is to promote understanding of the lifestyles and traditions of Laos’ ethnic diversity.