Cruise industry must help solve over-tourism

June 8, 2017

When this ship comes to call it dominates the landscape. Source: KarinKarin / Pixabay

Author­it­ies in uber-pop­u­lar des­tin­a­tions, such as Venice and Bar­celona, often assert that the eco­nom­ic con­tri­bu­tion of mass tour­ism dwarfs the dis­rup­tion caused to pub­lic ser­vices and res­id­ents. How­ever, res­id­ents with no ves­ted interest in the travel & tour­ism industry reg­u­larly and vehe­mently dis­agree. What these places are exper­i­en­cing is “over-tour­ism”, a term an art­icle by […]

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Sri Lanka & Thailand slapped on biodiversity day

June 6, 2017

Yala leopard. Source: Amila Tennakoon https://www.flickr.com/photos/lakpura/15654125258

The former Dir­ect­or-Gen­er­­al of Sri Lanka’s Depart­ment of Wild­life Con­ser­va­tion (DWC) ques­tioned wheth­er Yala Nation­al Park can sus­tain tour­ism num­bers skyrock­et­ing more than 1,000% in sev­en years – from 48,368 vis­it­ors in 2008 to 545,007 in 2015. Dr Sum­ith Pil­ap­itiya was tack­ling over-vis­it­a­­tion and its con­sequences on biod­iversity at an event to mark the Inter­na­tion­al Day for […]

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Lipman on Trump: “The Emperor has no clothes”

June 3, 2017

Lipman on Trump: "The Emperor has no clothes."

SUNx co-founder Geof­frey Lip­man has respon­ded to US Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump’s with­draw­al from the Par­is Cli­mate Agree­ment: “The Emper­or has no clothes. “Don­ald Trump’s announce­ment on the Par­is Cli­mate Agree­ment is an attack on human­ity. We spend too much time in the Travel and Tour­ism sec­tor repeat­ing the same man­tras about our sec­tor being a […]

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Can urban parks qualify as “ecotourism”?

June 2, 2017

Residents and public officials of Kigali, Rwanda planting grass and native trees to restore the Nyandungu wetland. Source: 'KT Press'

The cit­izens of Kigali, Rwanda will soon have des­ig­nated pub­lic grounds in which to rest, relax, and recre­ate, reports KT Press. Con­struc­tion of Rwanda’s first “eco­tour­ism park” is under­way on 134 hec­tares. The launch was part of Nation­al Envir­on­ment Week, May 27-June 5, 2017. The Nyandun­gu Eco­tour­ism Park pro­ject will cost RWF 2.4 bil­lion (~ USD […]

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Sunshine Coast, Queensland looks to accessible tourism

June 2, 2017

The Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia is looking at becoming universally accessible. Source: My Sunshine Coast

The Sun­shine Coast in Queens­land, Aus­tralia is look­ing at becom­ing a uni­ver­sally access­ible tour­ism des­tin­a­tion. With one in five Queenslanders hav­ing a dis­ab­il­ity and an age­ing pop­u­la­tion using more mobil­ity aids, every­day access to facil­it­ies on the Sun­shine Coast is becom­ing increas­ingly dif­fi­cult, accord­ing to the Sun­shine Coast Coun­cil. The Coun­cil will host an Inclusive […]

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Why is Jammu & Kashmir failing to develop ecotourism?

June 1, 2017

A meadow in Bangus Valley, one of the areas identified by the Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department as holding strong ecotourism potential. Source: Wikimedia / Wasiq 9320

The Indi­an state of Jam­mu and Kash­mir (J&K) is allegedly fail­ing to walk the talk when it comes to devel­op­ing its eco­tour­ism poten­tial. “The much-talked-about pro­mo­tion of eco­tour­ism in J&K along the lines of Karnataka and oth­er states of India has remained con­fined to offi­cial state­ments of the PDP-BJP Coali­tion Gov­ern­ment,” accord­ing to a scathing […]

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