On 6 July 2016, APLE Executive Director, Seila Samleang, talked from the panel to the audiences at Mekong Tourism Forum 2016 about the essence of tourism industry in playing a role to protect children from the flip side of tourism. Acknowledging the valuable opportunity of this forum, Seila also gave a snapshot of the child sex tourism situation and new trends worrying the protection of children and what it takes to manage risks as tourism is evolving.