Africa needs “inclusive and green tourism growth”

June 17, 2017

Africa Tourism Monitor: Sustainable Tourism through Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technology

Afric­an coun­tries need to craft eco­nom­ic and trade policies that will foster inclus­ive and green tour­ism growth, accord­ing to the latest edi­tion of the Africa Tour­ism Mon­it­or. The report, sub­titled “Sus­tain­able Tour­ism through Innov­a­tion, Entre­pren­eur­ship, and Tech­no­logy” and dated Decem­ber 2016, has just been released by the Afric­an Devel­op­ment Bank (AfDB). It stresses why it […]

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Cuba gov’t praises Jardines del Rey hotels for sustainable practices

June 16, 2017

Cuba's government praises Jardines del Rey hotels for their sustainable pratices

Four hotels in Jardines del Rey, Cuba have achieved “good res­ults in meet­ing envir­on­ment­al stand­ards aimed at achiev­ing sus­tain­able tour­ism”, accord­ing to Pren­sa Lat­ina, an inform­a­tion agency for Lat­in Amer­ica. Jardines del Rey (“Gar­dens of the King”) is an archipelago off the north­ern coast of Cuba, in the provinces of Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey. […]

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South Pacific Tourism looks to its ocean & the ‘circular economy’

June 15, 2017

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In the wake of the first United Nations Oceans Con­fer­ence last week, the South Pacific Tour­ism Organ­isa­tion (SPTO) has called on the Pacific’s tour­ism industry to pro­tect and sus­tain­ably man­age the oceans for tour­ism devel­op­ment. Tour­ism is a tar­get under Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goal (SDG) 14.7: “By 2030, increase the eco­nom­ic bene­fits to Small Island developing […]

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A PM appointed IY2017 ambassador … oh, and food fish are going extinct

June 13, 2017

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Head­lining a UNWTO press release dated June 12 is the fact that the United Nations World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO) appoin­ted the Prime Min­is­ter of Sam­oa, Tuilae­pa Sailele Malielegaoi, as one of nine (9) Spe­cial Ambas­sad­ors of the Inter­na­tion­al Year of Sus­tain­able Tour­ism for Devel­op­ment 2017. The cere­mony took place in New York on June 7 […]

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Parayil: Kerala’s chief responsible tourism storyteller?

June 11, 2017

Gopinath Pariyal: The chief responsible tourism storyteller of Kerala?

A pion­eer of respons­ible tour­ism in Ker­ala, India, Gop­inath Paray­il thinks the act of being respons­ible is applic­able to all forms of tour­ism and that it is the only sus­tain­able way for­ward. Parayil’s respons­ible tour­ism jour­ney began in 2003 while sub­mer­ging the ashes of his fath­er in the Bhara­ta­puzha River. He real­ised that the river […]

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Mystical inspiration, permaculture & ecotourism in Peru

June 10, 2017

Mystical inspiration, permaculture, & ecotourism in Peru. Source. Ecoaldeas Peru Facebook page

A banker with a “mys­tic vis­ion” has built a social busi­ness that has helped a rur­al com­munity in Peru lever­age eco­tour­ism, sus­tain­able farm­ing, and non-tim­ber forest products to sus­tain­ably man­age its resources, accord­ing to an art­icle in Eco­sys­tem Mar­ket­place. San Roque de Cum­baza (San Roque) is a town in the San Martín region of Peru, a 45-minute drive […]

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