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More frequent heat waves due to global warming may ground up to a third of airplanes worldwide in decades to come with some airports in New York and Dubai likely to be hard hit, a study showed on Thursday. Airlines may increasingly be forced to cut their loads of passengers, cargo or fuel in order […]
Read More Could climate change ground a third of aircraft?
The Caribbean region’s sustainable tourism efforts need to step up after members of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) this week recognised 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development and promised to empower community leaders to contribute positively to local and regional tourist products. According to a TeleSUR report, ACS Secretary-General Dr […]
Read More Caribbean sustainable tourism efforts need to step up
Spanish airline Iberia is to stop requiring women to take a pregnancy test as part of its recruitment process, it said in a statement on its website. A pregnancy test, which was a routine part of the medical examination that potential female recruits had to undergo, will be stopped, the airline said. “We will no longer […]
Read More Spanish airline Iberia to end pregnancy tests as part of recruitment
The reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx into European countries has resulted in new industries such as wildlife tourism and ecotourism; “breathing new economic life into remote rural communities”. So says the Lynx UK Trust, which last week updated stakeholders on its proposed trial reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to the Kielder Forest of Northumberland in […]
Read More Lynx between a species’ reintroduction & ecotourism?
Great Barrier Reef tourism operators hope UNESCO’s decision not to list the natural wonder “in danger” will reverse a drop in visitor numbers, according to a Courier Mail story. “UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee endorsed Australia’s Reef 2050 plan to protect the iconic asset, avoiding international embarrassment for the $6.4 billion-a-year tourist drawcard. “However, the WHC […]
Read More Great Barrier Reef tourism reprieve but resorts in trouble
“Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus collapsed amid anger and recriminations in the early hours of Friday, marking the end of a process seen as the most promising in generations to heal decades of conflict.” Thus reported Reuters earlier today. The collapsed talks in Switzerland between Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot […]
Read More Reunification or not, Cyprus tourism has lessons to learn