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The Mediterranean island republic of Cyprus will install an artificial reef to support fisheries and “more sustainable” tourism, reports Cyprus Mail. The reef is to be constructed next year off the coast of Polis in an area of sea stretching between Latchi harbour and the Anassa hotel. The artificial reef, which will be the second in […]
Read More Cyprus hopes fake reef will shore up fisheries, tourism
The newly-constituted Uttarakhand Ecotourism Corporation will soon start work on developing five inclusive ecotourism circuits in the Indian state, according to reports. This is the first step toward Swadesh Darshan, a central government scheme to boost tourism throughout the country by linking the sector with villagers’ livelihoods. In the first stage the five circuits would […]
Read More Inclusive ecotourism projects piloted in Uttarakhand, India
South Africa’s Tourism Minister Tokozile Xasa will drive a strategy of inclusive tourism growth, promoting small- and medium-sized entrepreneurs, Business Live reports. A tourism development fund will be created by the government in collaboration with development finance institutions to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including community-based projects. While tourism growth had been impressive in […]
Read More South Africa prioritising inclusive tourism growth
Due to a slowdown in Kenya’s tourism sector, a hotel in Nyeri County, Central Highlands, is banking on crocodile cages to boost its income. Based on a Business Daily (Africa) report, “Hotel banks on eco-tourism to boost income”, The “Good Tourism” Blog is highly skeptical of the project’s “ecotourism” credentials. Indeed the project as described […]
Read More Kenya crocodile cages not ecotourism
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
Cuba is increasingly focused on a viable and sustainable ecotourism model based on environmental protection and conservation, according to Prensa Latina. “Nature, adventure and rural tourism, are modalities that make a considerable contribution to the travel industry … “Cuba has a comprehensive National System of Protected Areas (SNAP) that control tourism developments in important national and […]
Read More Cuba seminar to focus on sustainable ecotourism