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This report summarizes the key findings of the value-chain-focused human rights impact assessment (HRIA) conducted in Thailand and in Myanmar from a European tour operator's (TO) perspective in September 2019. It provides ideas for concrete measures for European TOs to enhance the positive and mitigate the negative impacts of their touristic activities on human rights in the two countries and identifies lessons for TOs conducting further HRIAs in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). This project is an important step for the Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism (RT) to develop good practices and set precedents. The results and methodology applied provide the RT members and TOs in general with practical guidance that has been developed in parallel in the form of the Get Started tool2available online.