Britain’s Prince Harry introduced a new sustainable tourism project

Friday, September 6, 2019

On Tuesday, Britain’s Prince Harry introduced a new sustainable tourism project, just weeks later coming under fire for taking private jets on holiday with his family.
Harry explained that the Travalyst initiative would work with travel companies like Skyscanner, Booking.com, TripAdvisor and Visa to make tourism more environmentally-friendly.

“We could all do better, and while no one is perfect, we all have a responsibility for our own individual impact,” Harry said at the launch in the Dutch capital Amsterdam. “So today after two years of behind-the-scenes conversations and planning, we’re going to start with the tourism industry.”

Also, the prince told a media furor in Britain regarding a series of private flights over the summer with his American wife Meghan and son Archie, who was born in May. One of the trips was to the home of pop star Elton John in Nice, France.

“I spend 99 percent of my life traveling the world by commercial. Occasionally there needs to be an opportunity based on a unique circumstance to ensure that my family is safe, and it’s genuinely as simple as that,” Harry said. Harry and Meghan’s travel plans raised argument due to prince’s previously outspoken stance on the need to tackle climate change.

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