International “Good Tourism” news

Here you will find glob­ally-rel­ev­ant news about The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s Part­ners and friends — espe­cially their sus­tain­able tour­ism and/or respons­ible travel activ­it­ies — plus “Good news in tour­ism” and cov­er­age of inter­na­tion­al travel & tour­ism industry events to which “GT” is invited or oth­er­wise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.

Before Decem­ber 2019, “GT” would sum­mar­ise under-repor­ted news stor­ies or thought-pro­vok­ing fea­ture art­icles of inter­na­tion­al import­ance by non-industry media. The sources were well-attrib­uted and linked. Any con­tent repub­lished in full was avail­able rights-free for that pur­pose from the likes of The Con­ver­sa­tion or the Thom­son Reu­ters Found­a­tion.

New leaders’ summit on culture & heritage in tourism

June 28, 2023

New leaders’ summit on culture & heritage in tourism, WTACH Global Leaders Summit which will take place in Valencia, Spain, September 24 – 25, 2023

A dynam­ic new lead­er­ship sum­mit will grapple with the major chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies of cul­ture and her­it­age in tour­ism.  Event organ­iser, the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture and Her­it­age (WTACH), a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner, invites stake­hold­ers to make their voices heard at the inaug­ur­al WTACH Glob­al Lead­ers Sum­mit which will take place in Valencia, […]

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Do sustainability awards in long-haul destinations make sense?

June 22, 2023

Do sustainability awards for stakeholders in long-haul destinations make sense? Check box by OpenClipart-Vectors (CC0) and the beach by Walkerssk (CC0). Both via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/checkbox-checked-check-tick-okay-155884/ https://pixabay.com/photos/the-sea-maldives-holiday-paradise-3198131/

Richard But­ler won­ders why sus­tain­ab­il­ity awards are giv­en to stake­hold­ers in des­tin­a­tions that rely upon long-haul air travel.  In dir­ect reply to “Good Tour­ism” news­let­ter #185, Prof But­ler wrote: I won­der why so many organ­isa­tions sup­port­ing ‘sus­tain­able tour­ism’ offer awards to enter­prises in coun­tries where the major­ity of non-domest­­ic tour­ists travel long dis­tances by plane to reach such […]

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No apologies: ‘eXistential’ climate change and peak GHG emissions 2025 are not advocacy issues. Travel & tourism must act now!

and June 5, 2023

No apologies: ‘Existential’ climate change and peak GHG emissions 2025 are not advocacy issues. Travel & tourism must act now!

We at SUNx Malta make no apo­lo­gies for push­ing the exist­en­tial imper­at­ive of achiev­ing peak GHG emis­sions by 2025. We are reach­ing out to the lead­er­ship of the travel & tour­ism sec­tor to act on the latest IPCC report call­ing for three clear tar­gets to sta­bil­ise glob­al tem­per­at­ures at Par­is 1.5°C by mid-century …

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Earth Day news: TPCC gathering scientific knowledge on tourism and climate change in time for COP28

April 18, 2023

Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC)

A stock­take of tour­ism-related cli­mate sci­ence, indic­at­ors of sec­tor cli­mate risk, and pro­gress on cli­mate action is a key first deliv­er­able for the Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) in 2023.  The TPCC has announced this ahead of Earth Day this Sat­urday, April 22. The first TPCC Stock­take will be the basis for future sci­ence ana­lys­is. Sixty-six […]

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World’s 46 Least Developed Countries to have Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters by September: Lipman

March 7, 2023

Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters to help world's least developed coutnries (LDCs). Photo by Miguel Bruna via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@mbrunacr

DOHA, QATAR, MARCH 7, 2023: SUNx Malta will set up Strong Cli­mate Friendly Travel Chapters in all 46 least developed coun­tries (LDCs), plus select small island states. Chapters will work loc­ally to advance SUNx’ ambi­tious and action­able Cli­mate Friendly Travel (CFT) agenda, which is focused on a Par­is 1.5°C tar­get. SUNx co-founder and pres­id­ent Geoffrey […]

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Holidays for the visually impaired: Seable runs crowdfunding campaign

November 24, 2022

Holidays for the visually impaired: Seable runs crowdfunding campaign

Seable is the only multi-award win­ning tour oper­at­or in the United King­dom to cre­ate assisted, act­ive, and tailored hol­i­days for the visu­ally impaired. [This “GT” ‘spon­sor mes­sage’ was offered free-of-charge to assist Seable in their crowd­fund­ing cam­paign.] We strive to cre­ate access­ible hol­i­days that improve inde­pend­ence, inclu­sion, and well­being, offer­ing indi­vidu­al oppor­tun­it­ies to increase confidence, […]

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