Tejas Joseph

Tejas Joseph

Tejas Joseph

Tejas Joseph over­sees respons­ible tour­ism at Evolve Back Resorts, a small lux­ury resort chain in the south­ern state of Karnataka, India. He is also an occa­sion­al writer for tour­ism news­let­ters and blogs in which he explores sus­tain­ab­il­ity in tour­ism. A res­id­ent of Auroville — an inter­na­tion­al com­munity near Pon­di­ch­erry com­mit­ted to sus­tain­able liv­ing prac­tices — Tejas has recently taken to hydro­ponics on his rooftop “both as an enga­ging exper­i­ment and a new-found hobby”.

Piling up: India tourism’s growing waste management problem

June 3, 2019
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India's beautiful iconic Taj Mahal and a pile of waste. Combines right-free images by Roney John (Taj Mahal) via Pexels and MrsBrown (the waste) via Pixabay.

Sus­tain­able tour­ism lead­er Tejas Joseph sum­mar­ises the waste man­age­ment chal­lenges facing India and its travel, tour­ism, and hos­pit­al­ity sec­tors, and recom­mends the first step towards tak­ing respons­ib­il­ity for it. Travel & tour­ism accoun­ted for 9.2% of India’s GDP in 2018 and facil­it­ated 8.1% of employ­ment. Fur­ther, the travel & tour­ism industry in India is slated to […]

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