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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 […]
Read More Lipman on Trump: “The Emperor has no clothes”
Today (May 22) is the International Day for Biological Diversity (biodiversity day). This year, the United Nations (UN) has linked the day with tourism under the theme “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”; chosen to coincide with the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. The UN web page about the day states: “Diversity in species, ecosystems […]
Read More On biodiversity day is it OK to ask: “Are people wildlife too?”
A contributor to The Conversation has suggested that sustainable tourism is not working and that the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO’s) “2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development” is more rhetoric than reality. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, University of South Australia, asserts that “economic growth trumps environmental limits, so sustainability remains […]
Read More Sustainable tourism is not working: academic