Thursday, May 3, 2018
Major cities like New York and Amsterdam, and UNESCO World Heritage sites like Machu Picchu, are often cited as examples regarding over tourism. Tourism experts now want the focus to shift to lesser known destinations. They are concerned about places …
Thursday, April 26, 2018
The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing of Dubai is endorsing its Dubai Sustainable Tourism (DST) effort at Arabian Travel Market, emphasizing the array of events, activities and tools that assisted in bringing about major changes in the way Dubai …
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
In recent times, the definition of “sustainable travel” has been become considerably wider as observed by the New York Times. Once associated with eco-friendly travel, exploring the remote corners and fragile places and attempting in every possible way to reduce …
Friday, March 16, 2018
With growing concerns about over tourism, industry leaders have been focusing on sustainable business practices for protecting the environment, local people and cultural treasures. For that cause, Virtuoso released a white paper last week, “Sustainable Tourism: From Trend to …
Thursday, March 15, 2018
In the past decade, the debate concerning tourism has seen a shift beyond the recognition of the sector as an engine of growth and development and for creating job opportunities. Global warming, reducing habitat cover for wildlife and other …
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
At ITB Berlin, World’s Top 10 Sustainable Destinations have been uncovered. From 100 top-sustainable destinations, the international jury initially chose 32 finalists. In the category of Best of Planet, destinations having the label of Slovenia Green Destination as well as …
Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Middle Eastern county, Jordan launches the sustainable tourism map as the county is focusing more on enhancing travel and tourism industry along with a mission to save the environment. The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) along with the American …
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Tourism Educators and Movers (Team) Philippines had encouraged a stronger awareness on sustainable tourism in Negros Occidental and other provinces inside the nation. Xander Kim Sigua, executive director, Team Philippines who spoke at the tourism awareness conference at …
Monday, February 19, 2018
Stakeholders from various tourism organisations in Samoa gathered at the Taumeasina Island Resort for the two-day Samoa Tourism Forum 2018 focusing on sustainable tourism. The theme for this year’s symposium is “Enabling Smart Tourism” and it begins …
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Madagascar is developing its sustainable tourism plan with the empowerment of women. The land baobabs aims to help its women, who are long missed out from, the economic benefits. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the …
