There are still places where locals are surprised to see tourists, although there are fewer each year. And of course, many businesses are pleased to see them ... Read more
Across Europe, the beginning of August signifies the beginning of the long summer holiday. Children are all off school for several weeks. Parliaments shut for a while. ... Read more
Last week Bhutan held only its third general election. And for the third time in a row, the Bhutanese people voted in a different party. And though ... Read more
As I checked into my most recent rest camp in South Africa’s Kruger Park a few days ago, I was handed a questionnaire created by South African ... Read more
The TUI Group operates in 180 destinations, employs 67,000 people in more than 100 countries and provides holiday services to around 20m people. In size, they are ... Read more
Last week, I spent a night in a hotel in Brussels that has taken a circular economy approach to redesigning the way its loyalty scheme works. Following ... Read more
Fifty years ago my father took me for a day trip to Boulogne, just across the channel from Ramsgate. He headed us straight for the back streets ... Read more
Word Responsible Tourism Awards have been presented at World Travel Market in London since 2004. Each year we have seen the bar rise, competition has been tough ... Read more
When people are looking to assert how important tourism is as an industry, they are likely to cite the proportion of global Gross Domestic Product that it ... Read more
When you are working in the field trying to improve the livelihoods of local people this is the kind of email you want to receive: ““Hi – ... Read more
The concept of shared value emerges from the writing of Harvard Professor Michael Porter– well-known for his previous work on competition strategy, value chains and cluster theory. ... Read more
Tourism and hospitality are labour intensive, with 8% of the global workforce employed in the sector. As the ILO has pointed out there are many highly skilled ... Read more
A couple of years ago I wrote a blog for this site reporting on inspirational tourism industry initiatives responding to the refugee crisis. My aim was to ... Read more
Timeshare is almost a dirty word in tourism today. But its structure offers much for those trying to make the industry more sustainable. It can deepen connections ... Read more
For many years the industry has asserted its economic and social importance. The WTTC suggests that travel & tourism is 10.2% of world GDP and that the sector ... Read more
If I was asked to sum up the challenge facing tourism in one sentence, I would say something like the following: Can the travel industry of the ... Read more
The first Responsible Tourism panel on market access for SMEs and emerging entrepreneurs drew an audience of 90 to hear Enver Mally – originally an SME and ... Read more
WTM, supported by the UNWTO, has sought to present examples of good practice to educate, inspire and challenge business and destinations to deliver on sustainability through WTM ... Read more
Last weekend I paid for my shopping at a self-service till. I swiped my credit card across the automatic turnstile on the Underground. I streamed a movie ... Read more
by FEDETUR Due to its multiplier effect, tourism generates economic and social benefits that help boost a destination’s economy, with the result that it is an important ... Read more
Museums and Heritage Advisor doesn’t sound like a particularly radical or controversy-seeking website. Described as “The ultimate news, product and opinion resource for museum, gallery, cultural and heritage ... Read more
The Resolution of the 70th United Nations General Assembly to designate 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development has shone the spotlight on tourism. ... Read more
In 2008 when the Second International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations was held in Kerala there was overt and mounting hostility to the tourism industry in ... Read more
Responsible Tourism is about using tourism to make better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit. 2017 is the UN’s International ... Read more
2016 brought the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump to be the next President of the USA, the full impact of these momentous changes in ... Read more
Airbnb is only one of many new distribution channels which are creating new opportunities for suppliers and consumers. Like previous disruptors it will probably face competition from ... Read more
by Mariana Aldrigui, Turism teacher and researcher at USP The United Nations has declared that 2017 will be the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. This ... Read more
The terrorist attack in Nice on Bastille Day celebrations last Thursday was shocking, the third mass casualty terrorist incident in 18 months in France. First the Charlie ... Read more
More and more mainstream tourism companies are embedding sustainability as a core part of their business. The arguments for doing so get stronger by the year
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The case for responsible business has been long established and the advent of social media and user-generated content has amplified that case. For example, in the UK ... Read more
A few years ago I visited around 200 ecolodges, homestays, community run guests houses etc around the world as part of my research for a book on ... Read more
I now look for airbnb in a destination ahead of other forms of accommodation. If others act like me, what impact is this having on independent hotels ... Read more
How can outbound operators best work with destinations to make better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit?
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A new report showing the scale and potential for growth in Wellness Tourism makes good reading for anyone trying to market tourism responsibly.
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The growth of responsible tourism draws in people with an ever wider mix of experiences and skills. The events, speakers and participants at this year’s World Responsible ... Read more
Is the tourism industry at risk from protests over hotel working conditions? What would be the impacts of far reaching strikes and boycotts by hotel workers?
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Travel Boycotts have grown fast thanks to internet. But has it made them more effective? And how should companies and individuals working in responsible tourism respond?
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