Global Alternative Tourism Network
The APAY 4th Regional Conference on Climate Change was held on 26-29 September, 2019 at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Sixteen youth leaders from Korea, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Myanmar and Mongolia participated in the program jointly hosted by the Asia and Pacific Alliance Read More
There is a reason why “It is more fun in the Philippines.” Our GATN Managers Training Program took place in Pangasinan, the Philippines from 25th March to 29th March 2019. Seventeen participants from 11 countries attended this training program that Read More
Adventures with the YMCA of Kuala Lumpur’s GATN are not just fun but inspiring. Here we tell you of two adventures we had with two different GATN Teams accompanying us: GATN Team from Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong University YMCA Read More
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) organized the 7th UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism: A 2030 Vision for Urban Tourism, on 16-19 September, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, jointly with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and supported by the Ministry of Read More
Disaster Relief and Management Program(DRMP) of Pangasinan YMCA The organization of the YMCA of Pangasinan was a result of program of the YMCA of the Philippines in 1926, to nationalize the YMCA movement which called for the initiation of more Read More
Penang is often known as “The Pearl of the Orient”, “东方花园” (Garden of the East) and Pulau Pinang (Penang Island). Penang is a city filled with a potpourri of variant cultures and ethnicities, as well as a lot of exciting Read More
The Global Alternative Tourism Network (GATN) is a project of the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY) that has been supported by Bread for the World since its inception in 2012. Each year more than 4,000 young people Read More
Every year GATN conducts a site sampling program to introduce new sites for international service trips, cultural exchanges, study trips for sending YMCAs. Through this program, hosting YMCA can showcase their community, culture program, heritage place for the purpose of Read More
Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs held 2018 GATN Managers Training in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 1st~5th May 2018. This time Site Managers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Pangasinan (Philippines), Chiang Mai (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Taichung (Taiwan) YMCA joined the Read More
The National Council of YMCAs of China hosted the GATN Basic Training that was held at the Shanghai YMCA from 23-27 April 2018. Thirty two (32) participants from 10 local YMCAs and YWCAs of China and one each from Singapore, Read More