What economic activities are increasing the rate of deforestation in Southeast Asia

Construction and tourism business

Explanation:

Construction of houses or buildings require lumber and rocks as material. A lot of them. So many construction company start to cutting down trees in the forest to get this material.

Similar occurrences happen within the tourism business. To create a hotel, resources or a park, you need a large are of land. Most of tourism companies got this land by cutting down trees without planting any of them back.