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Supporting ‘Bhutan Believe’: The SUSTOUR Bhutan story so far


Supporting 'Bhutan Believe'

Bhutan believes it is (or could be) the world’s green­est and most respons­ible travel des­tin­a­tion. The SUSTOUR Bhutan pro­ject, fun­ded by the European Uni­on under its SWITCH-Asia pro­gramme, is sup­port­ing Bhutan’s effort to real­ise this goal with a focus on sus­tain­able, inclus­ive, and resi­li­ent tour­ism devel­op­ment.  “The SUSTOUR pro­ject stands as a beacon of relevance […]

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Hi! Have you registered for the Strong Earth Youth Summit 2024 yet?


SUNx Malta Strong Earth Youth Summit SEYS 2024 promotion

Young people in travel & tour­ism, and their ment­ors and sup­port­ers, are invited right now to register for the 2024 edi­tion of the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS). The Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) is an annu­al trib­ute to Maurice Strong, cli­mate act­iv­ist for more than 50 years and Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al of the first “Earth Sum­mit” in […]

Read More Hi! Have you registered for the Strong Earth Youth Summit 2024 yet?

For a sustainable Singapore, Green Destinations’ regional lead picks CRTS


For a sustainable Singapore, Green Destinations picks CRTS. Pic by Coleen Rivas (CC0) via Unsplash. "GT" added "GREEN Singapore". https://unsplash.com/photos/people-crossing-bridge-OZ2rS2zCjNo

Singapore’s private-sec­t­or tour­ism stake­hold­ers, from small- and medi­um-sized busi­nesses to glob­al brands, will increas­ingly pur­sue sus­tain­ab­il­ity cer­ti­fic­a­tion over the com­ing years, accord­ing to Kev­in Phun, founder of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS). Mr Phun is more bullish about the oppor­tun­it­ies for a sus­tain­able Singa­pore since Susan San­tos de Cárde­n­as, Green Des­tin­a­tions’ South­east Asia […]

Read More For a sustainable Singapore, Green Destinations’ regional lead picks CRTS

FINAL CALL for entries: Strong Earth Awards 2024, Advancing the Earth Charter


Strong Earth Awards 2024

March 31, 2024 is the dead­line for the Strong Earth Awards 2024.  Entrants are invited to sub­mit a thought-pro­­vok­ing 500-word essay on:  “Why is the Earth Charter more rel­ev­ant today than when it was intro­duced by Maurice Strong and Mikhail Gorbachev in 2005; espe­cially for tour­ism in Least Devel­op­ing Coun­tries (LDCs) and Small Island Devel­op­ing States […]

Read More FINAL CALL for entries: Strong Earth Awards 2024, Advancing the Earth Charter

Cambodian ecolodge commits to conservation and community for the long run


Cambodia’s multiple award-winning conservation lodge, Cardamom Tented Camp, has joined The Long Run, an international group of nature-based tourism businesses that help to protect around 9.3 million hectares (23 million acres) of biodiverse lands on six continents.

Cam­bod­i­a’s mul­tiple award-win­n­ing con­ser­va­tion lodge, Car­damom Ten­ted Camp, has joined The Long Run, an inter­na­tion­al group of nature-based tour­ism busi­nesses that help to pro­tect around 9.3 mil­lion hec­tares (23 mil­lion acres) of biod­i­verse lands on six con­tin­ents. Why join The Long Run? By join­ing The Long Run as a “fel­low mem­ber”, Car­damom Ten­ted Camp com­mits to […]

Read More Cambodian ecolodge commits to conservation and community for the long run

Lasting Laos: Meet 20 certifiably-sustainable hotels and tour companies at ITB


Lasting Laos: Meet Laos' five 'exemplary' certifiably-sustainable tourism companies at ITB Berlin 2024

Travel agents and tour oper­at­ors seek­ing cer­ti­fi­ably-sus­tain­able ground con­tent in the peace­ful and beau­ti­ful emer­ging des­tin­a­tion of Laos can find exactly what they are look­ing for at ITB Ber­lin 2024: Last­ing Laos

Five exem­plary Lao tour­ism com­pan­ies are set to show­case their Trav­elife cer­ti­fic­a­tion, innov­at­ive spir­it, and com­mit­ment to sus­tain­ab­il­ity and sus­tain­able prac­tices at ITB.

Read More Lasting Laos: Meet 20 certifiably-sustainable hotels and tour companies at ITB