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SDG 16: Promote Peace

A library for Burmese refugees in Thailand


More and more people are risking their lives crossing borders to flee war, conflict, poverty and disaster. Peace (SDG 16) is a long way off for them. This is also true for the Burmese refugees stuck in the border area between Myanmar and Thailand. How tourists can help them and how tourist travel can contribute to peace is shown by the Peace Library project of the Thai organisation WEAVE in cooperation with Imagine Peace in South Korea.

This article is part of the 2023 Midterm Stocktaking Compendium by Transforming Tourism Initiative.

To the long version of the article on SDG 16